diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index 4249c0417d18d133d4118396fbf58538502abbbf..9dd8278f179b53105ab40065967cdc6c015bb2af 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ BaseBackup(void)
 
 		if (verbose)
 			fprintf(stderr,
-					_("%s: waiting for background process to finish streaming...\n"), progname);
+					_("%s: waiting for background process to finish streaming ...\n"), progname);
 
 #ifndef WIN32
 		if (write(bgpipe[1], xlogend, strlen(xlogend)) != strlen(xlogend))
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (format != 'p' && streamwal)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr,
-				_("%s: wal streaming can only be used in plain mode\n"),
+				_("%s: WAL streaming can only be used in plain mode\n"),
 				progname);
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"),
 				progname);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
index 7f6121a945b169a1f55e0f62b0e5c712e6a745be..88cb71747ebd7716dbee6e782721dd5a1062aedd 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ stop_streaming(XLogRecPtr segendpos, uint32 timeline, bool segment_finished)
 
 	if (time_to_abort)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: received interrupt signal, exiting.\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: received interrupt signal, exiting\n"),
 				progname);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -427,14 +427,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		else if (noloop)
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: disconnected.\n"), progname);
+			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: disconnected\n"), progname);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr,
 					/* translator: check source for value for %d */
-					_("%s: disconnected. Waiting %d seconds to try again.\n"),
+					_("%s: disconnected; waiting %d seconds to try again\n"),
 					progname, RECONNECT_SLEEP_TIME);
 			pg_usleep(RECONNECT_SLEEP_TIME * 1000000);
 		}