diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
index 83035aafff..6ebc40e1cc 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/exceptions.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class BuildError < Homebrew::InstallationError
     onoe "#{e.to_s.strip} (#{formula_name}.rb:#{error_line})"
     issues = GitHub.issues_for_formula formula_name
     if issues.empty?
-      puts "If `brew doctor` does not, this may help you fix or report the issue:"
+      puts "This may help you fix or report the issue if `brew doctor` does not:"
       puts "    #{Tty.em}#{issues_url}#{Tty.reset}"
     else
       puts "These existing issues may help you:", *issues.map{ |s| "    #{Tty.em}#{s}#{Tty.reset}" }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class BuildError < Homebrew::InstallationError
     if e.was_running_configure?
       puts "We saved the configure log:"
       puts "    ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/config.log"
-      puts "If you report the issue please paste the config.log here:"
+      puts "When you report the issue please paste the config.log here:"
       puts "    #{Tty.em}http://gist.github.com/#{Tty.reset}"
     end
   end