diff --git a/app/flows/register_a_death_flow/outcomes/uk_result.erb b/app/flows/register_a_death_flow/outcomes/uk_result.erb
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--- a/app/flows/register_a_death_flow/outcomes/uk_result.erb
+++ b/app/flows/register_a_death_flow/outcomes/uk_result.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
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-  You should register the death within 5 days.
+You’ll be contacted by the medical examiner’s office to confirm you can register the death.
+
+You must register the death within 5 days (8 days in Scotland) of being contacted. This includes weekends and bank holidays.
 
   Contact a [register office](/register-offices) to register the death. You can contact any register office but it will be quicker if you use the one in the area where the person died.