diff --git a/lib/tasks/gather.js b/lib/tasks/gather.js
index 6a87441b..912fbc53 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gather.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/gather.js
@@ -828,10 +828,10 @@ class TaskGather extends SttTask {
     writeAlerts({
       account_sid: cs.accountSid,
       alert_type: AlertType.STT_FAILURE,
-      message: `Custom speech vendor ${this.vendor} error: ${errMessage}`,
+      message: `Speech vendor ${this.vendor} error: ${errMessage}`,
       vendor: this.vendor,
     }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error generating alert for jambonz custom connection failure'));
-    this.notifyError({msg: 'ASR error', details:`Custom speech vendor ${this.vendor} error: ${evt.error}`});
+    this.notifyError({msg: 'ASR error', details:`Speech vendor ${this.vendor} error: ${evt.error}`});
   }
 
   _onVendorConnectFailure(cs, _ep, evt) {