This contribution aims to show the results of a study conducted on the linguistic quality of the regulations issued in Italian by the Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Ticino during the recent health emergency. It has emerged that during those moments of crisis, the production of the Confe-deration deviated from its usual clear readability, resulting in texts that exhibited a certain heaviness and complexity. In the same period, the Ticino institution, possibly due to the advantage of being able to rely on federal legal production for many issues, instead disseminated texts characterized by exemplary simplicity and readability.