diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SimpleReasonerRecomputeController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SimpleReasonerRecomputeController.java
index 17dd2d8b0..cec98d660 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SimpleReasonerRecomputeController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/SimpleReasonerRecomputeController.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class SimpleReasonerRecomputeController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
             if (!(simpleReasoner instanceof SimpleReasoner)) {
                 messageStr = "No SimpleReasoner has been set up.";
             } else if ( ((SimpleReasoner)simpleReasoner).isABoxReasoningAsynchronous() ) {
-                messageStr = "mostSpecificType annotations are currently being computed and so a recompute can not be started. Please try again later.";
+                messageStr = "SimpleReasoner is currently in asynchronous mode so a recompute can not be started. Please try again later.";
             } else {
             	String signal = (String) vreq.getParameter("signal");
             	    	 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
index d5990e7e1..dceee04e9 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 	       */
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			// don't stop the edit if there's an exception
-			log.error("Exception while adding inferences: " + e.getMessage());
+			log.error("Exception while computing inferences: " + e.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 				removedABoxAssertion(stmt, inferenceModel);
 			}
 			*/
-			
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			// don't stop the edit if there's an exception
 			log.error("Exception while retracting inferences: " + e.getMessage());