diff --git a/servers/slapd/config.c b/servers/slapd/config.c
index 6c0c130378..fbac293f57 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/config.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/config.c
@@ -1774,11 +1774,11 @@ read_config( const char *fname )
 			if ( cargc < 2 ) {
 #ifdef NEW_LOGGING
 				LDAP_LOG(( "config", LDAP_LEVEL_CRIT,
-					   "%s: line %d: missing dn in \"updateref <ldapurl>\" "
+					   "%s: line %d: missing url in \"updateref <ldapurl>\" "
 					   "line.\n", fname, lineno ));
 #else
 				Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
-		    "%s: line %d: missing dn in \"updateref <ldapurl>\" line\n",
+		    "%s: line %d: missing url in \"updateref <ldapurl>\" line\n",
 				    fname, lineno, 0 );
 #endif
 
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ read_config( const char *fname )
 					   " line.\n", fname, lineno ));
 #else
 				Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
-	    "%s: line %d: missing dn in \"replogfile <filename>\" line\n",
+	    "%s: line %d: missing filename in \"replogfile <filename>\" line\n",
 				    fname, lineno, 0 );
 #endif