The last four lines of a letter of Amenophis II to User-Satet, viceroy of Kush (Urk. IV, 1343-44) are retranslated and analyzed. Previous commentators characterize the ending of the dispatch as a 'reprimand' of User-Satet by the pharaoh, supposedly for the viceroy's elevating a poor candidate to office. It is likewise asserted that the ending of the text is 'incomprehensible', containing a proverb whose meaning has been elusive. However, the present paper argues that the correspondence contains constructive and intelligible advice from the king to his subordinate, regarding choosing native vassals to the crown; the contents of the letter being comparable to earlier political instructions of the Middle Kingdom.