diff --git a/ircd/newconf.c b/ircd/newconf.c
index ccc7afc0..a0877598 100644
--- a/ircd/newconf.c
+++ b/ircd/newconf.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ conf_set_serverinfo_vhost(void *data)
 {
 	if(rb_inet_pton(AF_INET, (char *) data, &ServerInfo.ip.sin_addr) <= 0)
 	{
-		conf_report_error("Invalid netmask for server IPv4 vhost (%s)", (char *) data);
+		conf_report_error("Invalid IPv4 address for server vhost (%s)", (char *) data);
 		return;
 	}
 	ServerInfo.ip.sin_family = AF_INET;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ conf_set_serverinfo_vhost6(void *data)
 #ifdef RB_IPV6
 	if(rb_inet_pton(AF_INET6, (char *) data, &ServerInfo.ip6.sin6_addr) <= 0)
 	{
-		conf_report_error("Invalid netmask for server IPv6 vhost (%s)", (char *) data);
+		conf_report_error("Invalid IPv6 address for server vhost (%s)", (char *) data);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ conf_set_connect_vhost(void *data)
 {
 	if(rb_inet_pton_sock(data, (struct sockaddr *)&yy_server->my_ipnum) <= 0)
 	{
-		conf_report_error("Invalid netmask for server vhost (%s)",
+		conf_report_error("Invalid IP address for server connect vhost (%s)",
 		    		  (char *) data);
 		return;
 	}