diff --git a/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
index cbc88176..60b686f0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ class Desktop::CoAuthorsController < ApplicationController
     @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])
     @co_author.destroy
 
-    render :json => {success: true, msg: "Paper deleted successfully!"}
+    render :json => {success: true, msg: "Co-author deleted successfully!"}
   end
 end