diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/ZoneMesh/ZoneMesh.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/ZoneMesh/ZoneMesh.C
index 33e17117c4..eeec0974d6 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/ZoneMesh/ZoneMesh.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/ZoneMesh/ZoneMesh.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ bool Foam::ZoneMesh<ZoneType, MeshType>::checkParallelSync
                         << " of type " << zones[zoneI].type()
                         << " is not correctly synchronised"
                         << " across coupled boundaries."
-                        << " (coupled faces are either not both "
+                        << " (coupled faces are either not both"
                         << " present in set or have same flipmap)" << endl;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/pointZone/pointZone.C b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/pointZone/pointZone.C
index ff15dcea3b..30d1161bb7 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/pointZone/pointZone.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/meshes/polyMesh/zones/pointZone/pointZone.C
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   =========                 |
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
-    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011 OpenFOAM Foundation
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
      \\/     M anipulation  |
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
@@ -154,8 +154,15 @@ bool Foam::pointZone::checkParallelSync(const bool report) const
 
     forAll(maxZone, pointI)
     {
-        // Check point in zone on both sides
-        if (maxZone[pointI] != minZone[pointI])
+        // Check point in same (or no) zone on all processors
+        if
+        (
+            (
+                maxZone[pointI] != -1
+             || minZone[pointI] != labelMax
+            )
+         && (maxZone[pointI] != minZone[pointI])
+        )
         {
             if (report && !error)
             {
@@ -167,7 +174,8 @@ bool Foam::pointZone::checkParallelSync(const bool report) const
                     << (minZone[pointI] == labelMax ? -1 : minZone[pointI])
                     << " on some processors and in zone "
                     << maxZone[pointI]
-                    << " on some other processors."
+                    << " on some other processors." << nl
+                    << "(suppressing further warnings)"
                     << endl;
             }
             error = true;