diff --git a/repmgrd.c b/repmgrd.c
index 15304e74..42e9fe7c 100644
--- a/repmgrd.c
+++ b/repmgrd.c
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ MonitorExecute(void)
 	}
 	if (PQstatus(primaryConn) != CONNECTION_OK)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: We couldn't reconnect to master, searching if ", progname);
-		fprintf(stderr, "another node has been promoted.\n", progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: We couldn't reconnect to master, checking if ", progname);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: another node has been promoted.\n", progname);
 		for (connection_retries = 0; connection_retries < 6; connection_retries++)
 		{
 			primaryConn = getMasterConnection(myLocalConn, myLocalId, myClusterName, &primaryId);