diff --git a/src/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
index 09ff1ccc24..0db6908f61 100644
--- a/src/or/circuitbuild.c
+++ b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ void
 circuit_note_clock_jumped(int seconds_elapsed)
 {
   int severity = server_mode(get_options()) ? LOG_WARN : LOG_NOTICE;
-  log(severity, LD_GENERAL, "Your clock just jumped %d seconds %s; "
+  log(severity, LD_GENERAL, "Your system clock just jumped %d seconds %s; "
       "assuming established circuits no longer work.",
       seconds_elapsed >=0 ? seconds_elapsed : -seconds_elapsed,
       seconds_elapsed >=0 ? "forward" : "backward");
diff --git a/src/or/networkstatus.c b/src/or/networkstatus.c
index 12dd05cb31..58bdf766a9 100644
--- a/src/or/networkstatus.c
+++ b/src/or/networkstatus.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ _compare_networkstatus_published_on(const void **_a, const void **_b)
 }
 
 /** Add the parsed neworkstatus in <b>ns</b> (with original document in
- * <b>s</b> to the disk cache (and the in-memory directory server cache) as
+ * <b>s</b>) to the disk cache (and the in-memory directory server cache) as
  * appropriate. */
 static int
 add_networkstatus_to_cache(const char *s,
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ router_set_networkstatus(const char *s, time_t arrived_at,
 
   if (ns->published_on > now + NETWORKSTATUS_ALLOW_SKEW) {
     log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Network status from %s was published in the future "
-             "(%s GMT). Somebody is skewed here: check your clock. "
+             "(%s GMT). Check your system clock! "
              "Not caching.",
              source_desc, published);
     control_event_general_status(LOG_WARN,