diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
index 733d368d9c6ef0703bd811bbcbbf72eb4deb1ea0..d691ad7c085552a90fa7953c95b6bebc228d28e3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/diagnostic.rb
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ module Homebrew
           by Homebrew. If a brew tries to add locale information to one of these
           directories, then the install will fail during the link step.
 
-          You should probably `sudo chown -R $(whoami)` them:
+          You should `sudo chown -R $(whoami)` them:
         EOS
       end
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ module Homebrew
         <<-EOS.undent
           #{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY} is not writable.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY}
         EOS
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ module Homebrew
           "InstantOn" component of Airfoil or running Cocktail cleanup/optimizations
           are known to do this as well.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of /usr/local
-          back to your user account.
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of /usr/local back to
+          your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local
         EOS
       end
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ module Homebrew
             by Homebrew. If a formula tries to write a file to this directory, the
             install will fail during the link step.
 
-            You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{dir}
-            back to your user account.
+            You should change the ownership and permissions of #{dir} back to
+            your user account.
               sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{dir}
           EOS
         end
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ module Homebrew
           by Homebrew. If you install a formula with Python modules, the install
           will fail during the link step.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{Language::Python.homebrew_site_packages}
         EOS
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ module Homebrew
           #{HOMEBREW_LOGS} isn't writable.
           Homebrew writes debugging logs to this location.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_LOGS}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_LOGS}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{HOMEBREW_LOGS}
         EOS
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ module Homebrew
           This can happen if you run `brew install` or `brew fetch` as another user.
           Homebrew caches downloaded files to this location.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_CACHE}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_CACHE}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{HOMEBREW_CACHE}
         EOS
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ module Homebrew
         <<-EOS.undent
           #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR} isn't writable.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}
         EOS
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ module Homebrew
         <<-EOS.undent
           #{opt} isn't writable.
 
-          You should probably change the ownership and permissions of #{opt}
+          You should change the ownership and permissions of #{opt}
           back to your user account.
             sudo chown -R $(whoami) #{opt}
         EOS