diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 372f5db29..1a325ca69 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     if (file) fclose(file);
     static boost::interprocess::file_lock lock(pathLockFile.string().c_str());
     if (!lock.try_lock())
-        return InitError(strprintf(_("Cannot obtain a lock on data directory %s. Bitcoin is probably already running."), strDataDir));
+        return InitError(strprintf(_("Cannot obtain a lock on data directory %s. Bitcoin Core is probably already running."), strDataDir));
 
     if (GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", !fDebug))
         ShrinkDebugFile();
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 19f4a73bc..653f24ec3 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ bool BindListenPort(const CService &addrBind, string& strError)
     {
         int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
         if (nErr == WSAEADDRINUSE)
-            strError = strprintf(_("Unable to bind to %s on this computer. Bitcoin Core Daemon is probably already running."), addrBind.ToString());
+            strError = strprintf(_("Unable to bind to %s on this computer. Bitcoin Core is probably already running."), addrBind.ToString());
         else
             strError = strprintf(_("Unable to bind to %s on this computer (bind returned error %d, %s)"), addrBind.ToString(), nErr, strerror(nErr));
         LogPrintf("%s\n", strError);