diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 41b4b3741a..7c00008726 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ Route::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 			if (_pannable) {
 				_pannable->set_state (*child, version);
 			} else {
-				warning << string_compose (_("Pannable state found for route (%1) without a panner!"), name()) << endmsg;
+				warning << string_compose (_("Panner state mismatches for track/bus (%1)."), name()) << endmsg;
 			}
 		} else if (child->name() == Slavable::xml_node_name) {
 			Slavable::set_state (*child, version);
@@ -4937,7 +4937,7 @@ Route::setup_invisible_processors ()
 	ProcessorList::iterator amp = find (new_processors.begin(), new_processors.end(), _amp);
 
 	if (amp == new_processors.end ()) {
-		error << string_compose (_("Amp/Fader on Route '%1' went AWOL. Re-added."), name()) << endmsg;
+		error << string_compose (_("Amp/Fader on track/bus '%1' was missing."), name()) << endmsg;
 		new_processors.push_front (_amp);
 		amp = find (new_processors.begin(), new_processors.end(), _amp);
 	}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index b60e486ef6..ecdac85df4 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ Session::new_midi_route (RouteGroup* route_group, uint32_t how_many, string name
 		}
 
 		catch (failed_constructor &err) {
-			error << _("Session: could not create new audio route.") << endmsg;
+			error << _("Session: could not create new MIDI bus.") << endmsg;
 			goto failure;
 		}
 
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ Session::new_audio_route (int input_channels, int output_channels, RouteGroup* r
 		}
 
 		catch (failed_constructor &err) {
-			error << _("Session: could not create new audio route.") << endmsg;
+			error << _("Session: could not create new audio bus.") << endmsg;
 			goto failure;
 		}
 
@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@ Session::new_route_from_template (uint32_t how_many, PresentationInfo::order_t i
 		}
 
 		catch (failed_constructor &err) {
-			error << _("Session: could not create new route from template") << endmsg;
+			error << _("Session: could not create new track/bus from template") << endmsg;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index b085c8906c..b727461ab1 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ Session::load_routes (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 		}
 
 		if (route == 0) {
-			error << _("Session: cannot create Route from XML description.") << endmsg;
+			error << _("Session: cannot create track/bus from XML description.") << endmsg;
 			return -1;
 		}