diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 9098205..1fb50a7 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ async function project(opts) {
 		opts.projectName = await requestValue({
 			default: defaultProjectName,
 			description: 'Project Name',
-			wrongRegex: /[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/,
-			error: 'Error: Project name must be alphanumeric, with the exception of hyphen.',
+			wrongRegex: /[^a-z0-9-]/,
+			error: 'Error: Project name must begin with lowercase alphanumeric character, and cannot include uppercase characters, colons, or underscores',
 		})
 
 	if (!usingSaved) {