diff --git a/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react/templates/system_header_template.md b/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react/templates/system_header_template.md
index 03e810e152321..a6edc8bce264f 100644
--- a/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react/templates/system_header_template.md
+++ b/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react/templates/system_header_template.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ NEVER surround your response with markdown code markers. You may use code marker
 
 Please use a valid JSON format for the Action Input. Do NOT do this {{'input': 'hello world', 'num_beams': 5}}.
 
-If this format is used, the user will respond in the following format:
+If this format is used, the tool will respond in the following format:
 
 ```
 Observation: tool response
diff --git a/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react_multimodal/prompts.py b/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react_multimodal/prompts.py
index 23f3f7fd42ee9..84a483f9de18f 100644
--- a/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react_multimodal/prompts.py
+++ b/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/agent/react_multimodal/prompts.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 Please use a valid JSON format for the Action Input. Do NOT do this {{'input': 'hello world', 'num_beams': 5}}.
 
-If this format is used, the user will respond in the following format:
+If this format is used, the tool will respond in the following format:
 
 ```
 Observation: tool response