diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d91317..ef003de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Expand `~` in configured log file paths before opening the log.
+- Correct the multiline toolbar hint to say a semi-colon runs the query.
 
 ### Internal
 
diff --git a/litecli/clitoolbar.py b/litecli/clitoolbar.py
index e3bc6ee..4d2adf7 100644
--- a/litecli/clitoolbar.py
+++ b/litecli/clitoolbar.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def get_toolbar_tokens() -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
         result.append(("class:bottom-toolbar", " "))
 
         if cli.multi_line:
-            result.append(("class:bottom-toolbar", " (Semi-colon [;] will end the line) "))
+            result.append(("class:bottom-toolbar", " (Semi-colon [;] will run the query) "))
 
         if cli.multi_line:
             result.append(("class:bottom-toolbar.on", "[F3] Multiline: ON  "))
diff --git a/tests/test_clitoolbar.py b/tests/test_clitoolbar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9d817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_clitoolbar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+from prompt_toolkit.enums import EditingMode
+
+from litecli.clitoolbar import create_toolbar_tokens_func
+
+
+def _cli(multi_line):
+    cli = MagicMock()
+    cli.multi_line = multi_line
+    cli.prompt_app.editing_mode = EditingMode.EMACS
+    cli.completion_refresher.is_refreshing.return_value = False
+    return cli
+
+
+def _text(tokens):
+    return "".join(text for _, text in tokens)
+
+
+def test_multiline_toolbar_says_semicolon_runs_the_query():
+    tokens = create_toolbar_tokens_func(_cli(True), lambda: False)()
+    assert "(Semi-colon [;] will run the query)" in _text(tokens)
+
+
+def test_single_line_toolbar_has_no_semicolon_hint():
+    tokens = create_toolbar_tokens_func(_cli(False), lambda: False)()
+    assert "Semi-colon" not in _text(tokens)