In a move that’s got iPhone users everywhere saying “it’s about ducking time,” (that’s not going to be the last duck-based pun) Apple has announced a major change to its auto-correct feature. The tech giant has finally acknowledged the age-old problem that has turned many innocent text into bizarre avian references.

For years, iPhone users have been left scratching their heads, and sometimes laughing out loud, as their attempts to drop the F-bomb in texts have been thwarted by an overzealous auto-correct feature that insists on replacing the obscenity with the word ‘duck’.

But now, it seems the days of sending unintentionally hilarious messages like “What the duck are you talking about?” and “I don’t give a duck” are numbered. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, announced that the keyboard will soon learn to let you type a “ducking” word when you really mean to.

The change, which will use artificial intelligence to discern when users actually intend to use the swear word, is set to come with the launch of the iOS 17 update in September. The advanced AI model will learn and analyze the contextual relationships between words and mimic human understanding through mathematical techniques.

So, for those of you who’ve been ducking frustrated with this issue, relief is on the way. But if you can’t wait until September, you can always take matters into your own hands and turn off the auto-correct feature in your settings. Just remember, without auto-correct, you’re on your own with spelling and grammar. So, type carefully, or you might end up looking like a bit of a duck yourself.