diff --git a/src/or/directory.c b/src/or/directory.c
index b02ec7f6b1..8463c94e0a 100644
--- a/src/or/directory.c
+++ b/src/or/directory.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ directory_handle_command_post(connection_t *conn, char *headers,
         log_fn(LOG_NOTICE,"Rejected descriptor published by %s.", origin);
         break;
       case 0:
-        write_http_status_line(conn, 200, msg?msg:"Server okay, but not accepted.");
+        write_http_status_line(conn, 200, msg?msg:"Server descriptor okay, but not accepted.");
         break;
       case 1:
         dirserv_get_directory(&cp, 0); /* rebuild and write to disk */
diff --git a/src/or/dirserv.c b/src/or/dirserv.c
index a5521314bf..47483fc910 100644
--- a/src/or/dirserv.c
+++ b/src/or/dirserv.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ dirserv_wants_to_reject_router(routerinfo_t *ri, int *verified,
  * origin of this descriptor, or to NULL.
  *
  * Return 1 if descriptor is well-formed and accepted;
- *  0 if well-formed and server is well-formed but rejected for timeliness.
+ *  0 if well-formed but redundant with one we already have;
  * -1 if it looks vaguely like a router descriptor but rejected;
  * -2 if we can't find a router descriptor in *desc.
  */