diff --git a/Allwmake b/Allwmake
index ee6f075a0e..2e570c89a5 100755
--- a/Allwmake
+++ b/Allwmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 
 if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR" ]
 then
-    echo "Error: Current directory in not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR"
-    echo "    The environment variable are not consistent with the installation."
+    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR"
+    echo "    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation."
     echo "    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/applications/Allwmake b/applications/Allwmake
index 82a2ec0df4..ddb5b116fc 100755
--- a/applications/Allwmake
+++ b/applications/Allwmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 
 if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications" ]
 then
-    echo "Error: Current directory in not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications"
-    echo "    The environment variable are not consistent with the installation."
+    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/applications"
+    echo "    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation."
     echo "    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/src/Allwmake b/src/Allwmake
index 5473238ed3..b1b166e234 100755
--- a/src/Allwmake
+++ b/src/Allwmake
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 
 if [ "$PWD" != "$WM_PROJECT_DIR/src" ]
 then
-    echo "Error: Current directory in not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/src"
-    echo "    The environment variable are not consistent with the installation."
+    echo "Error: Current directory is not \$WM_PROJECT_DIR/src"
+    echo "    The environment variables are inconsistent with the installation."
     echo "    Check the OpenFOAM entries in your dot-files and source them."
     exit 1
 fi