diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 588bedc..fa76c83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ To use the action, add a step to your GitHub workflow using the following syntax
 
 - `access_token`
 
-  The service account access token for retrieving secrets.
+  The machine account access token for retrieving secrets.
 
-  Use GitHub's [encrypted secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets) to store and retrieve service account access tokens securely.
+  Use GitHub's [encrypted secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets) to store and retrieve machine account access tokens securely.
 
 - `secrets`
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e4acaae..5c3be66 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ branding:
   color: "blue"
 inputs:
   access_token:
-    description: "The service account access token for retrieving secrets"
+    description: "The machine account access token for retrieving secrets"
     required: true
   secrets:
     description: "One or more secret Ids to retrieve and the corresponding GitHub environment variable name to set"
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b0d40c3..df9632f 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -24791,7 +24791,7 @@ async function run() {
             });
         }
         else {
-            let errorMessage = "The secrets provided could not be found. Please check the service account has access to the secret UUIDs provided.";
+            let errorMessage = "The secrets provided could not be found. Please check the machine account has access to the secret UUIDs provided.";
             if (secretResponse.errorMessage) {
                 errorMessage = errorMessage + `\n\n` + secretResponse.errorMessage;
             }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d526919..2328f92 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function run(): Promise<void> {
       });
     } else {
       let errorMessage =
-        "The secrets provided could not be found. Please check the service account has access to the secret UUIDs provided.";
+        "The secrets provided could not be found. Please check the machine account has access to the secret UUIDs provided.";
       if (secretResponse.errorMessage) {
         errorMessage = errorMessage + `\n\n` + secretResponse.errorMessage;
       }