diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8a89ee3..96f39c0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: rdhs
 Type: Package
 Title: API Client and Dataset Management for the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data
-Version: 0.8.2
+Version: 0.8.3
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "OJ",
              family = "Watson",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 703324e..feeef50 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # rdhs (development version)
 
+## rdhs 0.8.3
+
+* Revise credential authentication error message to prompt user to check
+  all three of email, password, and *project name*. (#157)
+  
 ## rdhs 0.8.2
 
 * Spatial boundaries will be cached using the DHS client  (#122)
diff --git a/R/authentication.R b/R/authentication.R
index 4bb62cb..68c46fc 100644
--- a/R/authentication.R
+++ b/R/authentication.R
@@ -502,8 +502,9 @@ authenticate_dhs <- function(config) {
     } else {
       stop(
         "Your log in credentials were not recognised by the DHS website.\n",
-        "Please check your credentials are right (?get_rdhs_config), ",
+        "Please check your email, password, and project name are correct (?get_rdhs_config),\n",
         "and your internet connection for possible error."
+
       )
     }
   }