diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index c6ff79c0f9..fa930e830c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,8 @@ void GuiView::closeEvent(QCloseEvent * close_event)
 	LYXERR(Debug::DEBUG, "GuiView::closeEvent()");
 
 	if (!GuiViewPrivate::busyBuffers.isEmpty()) {
-		Alert::warning(_("Exit LyX"), _("LyX could not be closed because documents are processed by LyX."));
+		Alert::warning(_("Exit LyX"), 
+			_("LyX could not be closed because documents are being processed by LyX."));
 		close_event->setAccepted(false);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2414,7 +2415,8 @@ bool GuiView::closeWorkArea(GuiWorkArea * wa, bool close_buffer)
 	Buffer & buf = wa->bufferView().buffer();
 
 	if (close_buffer && GuiViewPrivate::busyBuffers.contains(&buf)) {
-		Alert::warning(_("Close document"), _("Document could not be closed because it is processed by LyX."));
+		Alert::warning(_("Close document"), 
+			_("Document could not be closed because it is being processed by LyX."));
 		return false;
 	}