diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index 7d41db77..c91c7b6c 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -710,11 +710,11 @@ do_cluster_cleanup(void)
 	res = PQexec(master_conn, sqlquery);
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK)
 	{
-		log_err(_("cluster cleanup: Couldn't clean history\n%s\n"),
+		log_err(_("cluster cleanup: unable to delete monitoring records\n%s\n"),
 				PQerrorMessage(master_conn));
 		PQclear(res);
 		PQfinish(master_conn);
-		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
+		exit(ERR_DB_QUERY);
 	}
 	PQclear(res);