diff --git a/configspec/manager.py b/configspec/manager.py
index 10e73e3..ed2fb57 100644
--- a/configspec/manager.py
+++ b/configspec/manager.py
@@ -287,8 +287,7 @@ class ConfigManager():
 
 
 def strip_toml_message(string):
-    print("stripping...")
-    return re.sub("(?m)^#\\ shepherd_message:[^\\n]*$\\n?(?:^#[^\\n]+$\\n?)*",
+    return re.sub(r"(?m)^#\\ config-spec_message:[^\\n]*$\\n?(?:^#[^\\n]+$\\n?)*",
                   '', string)