@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
for (x = 0; x < xopts_nr; x++)
if (parse_merge_opt(&o, xopts[x]))
- die(_("Unknown option for merge-recursive: -X%s"), xopts[x]);
+ die(_("unknown strategy option: -X%s"), xopts[x]);
o.branch1 = head_arg;
o.branch2 = merge_remote_util(remoteheads->item)->name;
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r,
/*
* We do not intend to commit immediately. We just want to
* merge the differences in, so let's compute the tree
- * that represents the "current" state for merge-recursive
+ * that represents the "current" state for the merge machinery
* to work on.
*/
if (write_index_as_tree(&head, r->index, r->index_file, 0, NULL))