diff --git a/servers/slapd/sl_malloc.c b/servers/slapd/sl_malloc.c
index 9009a6a717..07ac96247e 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/sl_malloc.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/sl_malloc.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ slap_sl_malloc(
 	}
 
 	Debug(LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
-		"slap_sl_malloc of %lu bytes failed, using ch_malloc\n",
+		"slap_sl_malloc of %lu bytes falling back to ch_malloc\n",
 		(unsigned long) size, 0, 0);
 	return ch_malloc(size);
 }
diff --git a/servers/slapd/zn_malloc.c b/servers/slapd/zn_malloc.c
index e5f738e544..adbb726d4d 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/zn_malloc.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/zn_malloc.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ retry:
 		if ( zh->zh_maxzones < zh->zh_numzones + zh->zh_deltazones ) {
 			ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &zh->zh_mutex );
 			Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
-				"slap_zn_malloc of %lu bytes failed, using ch_malloc\n",
+				"slap_zn_malloc of %lu bytes falling back to ch_malloc\n",
 				(long)size, 0, 0);
 			Debug(LDAP_DEBUG_NONE,
 				"slap_zn_malloc: returning 0x%x, 0x%x\n",