diff --git a/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c b/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c
index 6af1fa4463..923e6331b2 100644
--- a/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c
+++ b/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c,v 1.23 2007/01/05 22:19:18 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/fuzzystrmatch/fuzzystrmatch.c,v 1.24 2007/02/13 18:00:35 momjian Exp $
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED;
  *
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ levenshtein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if ((cols > MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_STRLEN + 1) || (rows > MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_STRLEN + 1))
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				 errmsg("argument exceeds max length: %d",
+				 errmsg("argument exceeds the maximum length of %d bytes",
 						MAX_LEVENSHTEIN_STRLEN)));
 
 	/*
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ metaphone(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (str_i_len > MAX_METAPHONE_STRLEN)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				 errmsg("argument exceeds max length: %d",
+				 errmsg("argument exceeds the maximum length of %d bytes",
 						MAX_METAPHONE_STRLEN)));
 
 	if (!(str_i_len > 0))
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ metaphone(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (reqlen > MAX_METAPHONE_STRLEN)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				 errmsg("output length exceeds max length: %d",
+				 errmsg("output exceeds the maximum length of %d bytes",
 						MAX_METAPHONE_STRLEN)));
 
 	if (!(reqlen > 0))