diff --git a/src/LyXFunc.cpp b/src/LyXFunc.cpp
index 1fb3306f30..78a346991a 100644
--- a/src/LyXFunc.cpp
+++ b/src/LyXFunc.cpp
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ void LyXFunc::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd)
 			LYXERR(Debug::LYXVC, "Directory: " << path);
 			FileName pp(path);
 			if (!pp.isReadableDirectory()) {
-				lyxerr<< _("Directory is not readable.\n");
+				lyxerr << _("Directory is not accessible.") << endl;
 				break;
 			}
 			support::PathChanger p(pp);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
index 57d5c13532..40d91dcd9c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ static QString version()
 			loc_release_date = toqstr(lyx_release_date);
 	}
 	docstring version_date =
-		bformat(_("LyX Version %1$s\n(%2$s)\n\n"),
+		bformat(_("LyX Version %1$s\n(%2$s)"),
 			from_ascii(lyx_version),
-			qstring_to_ucs4(loc_release_date));
+			qstring_to_ucs4(loc_release_date))+"\n\n";
 	QString res;
 	QTextStream out(&res);
 	out << toqstr(version_date);