diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
index e78eb026b..b40aa9062 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewCmdCheckout(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*CheckoutOptions) error) *cobr
 		Use:   "checkout [<number> | <url> | <branch>]",
 		Short: "Check out a pull request in git",
 		Example: heredoc.Doc(`
-			# Interactively select a PR to checkout from the 10 most recent
+			# Interactively select a PR from the 10 most recent to check out
 			$ gh pr checkout
 
 			# Checkout a specific PR
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func promptForPR(prompter shared.Prompter, cs *iostreams.ColorScheme, jobs api.P
 		)))
 	}
 
-	selected, err := prompter.Select("Check out a specific PR?", "", candidates)
+	selected, err := prompter.Select("Select a pull request", "", candidates)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
index 73055e1f8..cf1c504d1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pr/checkout/checkout_test.go
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func Test_checkoutRun(t *testing.T) {
 				reg.Register(httpmock.GraphQL(`query PullRequestList\b`), httpmock.FileResponse("./fixtures/prList.json"))
 			},
 			promptStubs: func(pm *prompter.MockPrompter) {
-				pm.RegisterSelect("Check out a specific PR?",
+				pm.RegisterSelect("Select a pull request",
 					[]string{"#32 New feature (feature)", "#29 Fixed bad bug (bug-fix)", "#28 Improve documentation (docs)"},
 					func(_, _ string, opts []string) (int, error) {
 						return prompter.IndexFor(opts, "#32 New feature (feature)")