diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b05e5dfa34..875473819f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-04-01  Michael Gerz  <michael.gerz@teststep.org>
+
+	* src/converter.C
+	* src/lyx_main.C
+	* src/support/package.C.in: tiny changes to text messages
+
 2006-03-29  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* ANNOUNCE: cleanups from Angus.
diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index dc1eb07a68..3d041407a6 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-01  Michael Gerz  <michael.gerz@teststep.org>
+
+	* lib/ui/stdmenus.ui:
+	* lib/ui/stdtoolbars.ui: tiny changes to text messages
+
 2006-03-28  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
 	* scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py: fix frac calculation (bug 2391).
diff --git a/lib/ui/stdmenus.ui b/lib/ui/stdmenus.ui
index ad611fb855..0cd352acfa 100644
--- a/lib/ui/stdmenus.ui
+++ b/lib/ui/stdmenus.ui
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Menuset
 # Mathed b0rkage means these don't work properly
 		OptSubmenu "Table|T" "edit_tabular"
 		OptSubmenu "Math|M" "edit_math"
-		OptSubmenu "Rows & Cols|C" "tabular_features"
+		OptSubmenu "Rows & Columns|C" "tabular_features"
 		Separator
 		OptItem "Increase List Depth|I" "depth-increment"
 		OptItem "Decrease List Depth|D" "depth-decrement"
diff --git a/lib/ui/stdtoolbars.ui b/lib/ui/stdtoolbars.ui
index eb6aeefe1e..6b40aa97de 100644
--- a/lib/ui/stdtoolbars.ui
+++ b/lib/ui/stdtoolbars.ui
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Toolbar "math" "Math"
 	Item "Insert { }" "math-delim { }"
 	Separator
 	Item "Insert matrix" "math-matrix 2 2"
-	Item "Insert cases" "math-insert \cases"
+	Item "Insert cases environment" "math-insert \cases"
 	Item "Add row" "tabular-feature append-row"
 	Item "Add column" "tabular-feature append-column"
 	Item "Delete row" "tabular-feature delete-row"
diff --git a/src/converter.C b/src/converter.C
index 1d5b67c197..69fbe6c126 100644
--- a/src/converter.C
+++ b/src/converter.C
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ bool Converters::convert(Buffer const * buffer,
 		Alert::error(_("Cannot convert file"),
 			bformat(_("No information for converting %1$s "
 				"format files to %2$s.\n"
-				"Try defining a convertor in the preferences."),
+				"Define a convertor in the preferences."),
 			from_format, to_format));
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/src/lyx_main.C b/src/lyx_main.C
index 50fcd9e096..e1e9c71126 100644
--- a/src/lyx_main.C
+++ b/src/lyx_main.C
@@ -645,8 +645,8 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_userdir)
 			      "It is needed to keep your own configuration."),
 			    package().user_support()),
 		    1, 0,
-		    _("&Create directory."),
-		    _("&Exit LyX."))) {
+		    _("&Create directory"),
+		    _("&Exit LyX"))) {
 		lyxerr << _("No user LyX directory. Exiting.") << endl;
 		exit(1);
 	}
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ int parse_help(string const &, string const &)
 		_("Usage: lyx [ command line switches ] [ name.lyx ... ]\n"
 		  "Command line switches (case sensitive):\n"
 		  "\t-help              summarize LyX usage\n"
-		  "\t-userdir dir       try to set user directory to dir\n"
-		  "\t-sysdir dir        try to set system directory to dir\n"
+		  "\t-userdir dir       set user directory to dir\n"
+		  "\t-sysdir dir        set system directory to dir\n"
 		  "\t-geometry WxH+X+Y  set geometry of the main window\n"
 		  "\t-dbg feature[,feature]...\n"
 		  "                  select the features to debug.\n"
diff --git a/src/support/package.C.in b/src/support/package.C.in
index 2ac24d02e5..1cc8ba0302 100644
--- a/src/support/package.C.in
+++ b/src/support/package.C.in
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ get_system_support_dir(string const & abs_binary,
 	lyxerr << bformat(_("Unable to determine the system directory "
 			    "having searched\n"
 			    "\t%1$s\n"
-			    "Try the '-sysdir' command line parameter or "
+			    "Use the '-sysdir' command line parameter or "
 			    "set the environment variable LYX_DIR_14x to "
 			    "the LyX system directory containing the file "
 			    "`chkconfig.ltx'."),