diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 821dcaf3..5a6e555b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "tyro"
 authors = [
     {name = "brentyi", email = "brentyi@berkeley.edu"},
 ]
-version = "0.8.8"  # TODO: currently needs to be synchronized manually with __init__.py.
+version = "0.8.9"  # TODO: currently needs to be synchronized manually with __init__.py.
 description = "Strongly typed, zero-effort CLI interfaces"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text="MIT" }
diff --git a/src/tyro/__init__.py b/src/tyro/__init__.py
index e7bafa09..95ec1686 100644
--- a/src/tyro/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tyro/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 
 # TODO: this should be synchronized automatically with the pyproject.toml.
-__version__ = "0.8.8"
+__version__ = "0.8.9"
diff --git a/src/tyro/_argparse_formatter.py b/src/tyro/_argparse_formatter.py
index e64e9fda..1eb6a13e 100644
--- a/src/tyro/_argparse_formatter.py
+++ b/src/tyro/_argparse_formatter.py
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ def error(self, message: str) -> NoReturn:
                 message = "Unrecognized or misplaced options:\n\n"
                 for arg, prog in global_unrecognized_arg_and_prog:
                     message += f"  {arg} (applied to [green]{prog}[/green])\n"
-                message += "\nNote that arguments are applied to the directly preceding subcommand, so ordering matters."
+                message += "\nArguments are applied to the directly preceding subcommand, so ordering matters."
 
             # Show similar arguments for keyword options.
             for unrecognized_argument in unrecognized_arguments: