diff --git a/handlers/callbacks.go b/handlers/callbacks.go
index 59afc85..feb7f56 100644
--- a/handlers/callbacks.go
+++ b/handlers/callbacks.go
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ func (bot *Bot) sendCannedResponse(query *api.CallbackQuery, user *ExtendedChatJ
 	}
 
 	reason := utils.EscapeHTML(bot.Config.CannedDeclineResponses[respIdx])
-	utils.SendMessage(bot.API, user.From.ID, 0,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Your join request was declined for the following reason:\n\n%s", reason))
+	utils.SendMessage(bot.API, user.From.ID, 0, reason)
 
 	// Extract user info from original message and reformat with the canned response
 	userID, username, joinReason, declinedBy, declinedAt := utils.GetInfoFromMsg(query.Message.Text)