diff --git a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
index 7e21e95..4f5234f 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/rpc.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts, utils, rootScope, uri) {
         if (configurations.length) {
           // configuration worked, save it in cookie for next time and
           // delete the pipelined configurations!!
-          alerts.log('success alas!! saving current configuration');
+          alerts.log('Success alas! Saving the current configuration…');
           configurations = [];
         }
 
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ function(syscall, time, alerts, utils, rootScope, uri) {
       error: function() {
         // If some proposed configurations are still in the pipeline then retry
         if (configurations.length) {
-          alerts.log('trying another configuration, last one didnt connect');
+          alerts.log("The last connection attempt was unsuccessful. Trying another configuration");
           timeout = setTimeout(update, 0);
         }
         else {
-          alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 server, retrying after ' + time / 1000 + ' secs. You might want to recheck the connection settings for your aria2 server by going to settings > connection settings', 'error');
+          alerts.addAlert('<strong>Oh Snap!</strong> Could not connect to the aria2 RPC server. Will retry in ' + time / 1000 + ' secs. You might want to check the connection settings by going to Settings > Connection Settings', 'error');
           timeout = setTimeout(update, time);
         }
       }
diff --git a/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js b/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
index 43cbeb4..007b977 100644
--- a/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
+++ b/js/services/rpc/sockcall.js
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ function(_, JSON, name, utils, alerts) {
       _.each(sockRPC.handles, function(h) { h.error() });
       sockRPC.handles = [];
       sockRPC.initialized = false;
-      alerts.log('Cannot talk to aria2 over websocket, resorting to http requests');
+      alerts.log('Cannot talk to aria2 over WebSockets! Switching to regular HTTP requests…');
 
     },
     onclose: function(ev) {
       if (sockRPC.handles && sockRPC.handles.length)
-        sockRPC.onerror('Connection reset while pending calls to aria2');
+        sockRPC.onerror('Connection reset while calling aria2');
       sockRPC.initialized = false;
     },
 
     // when connection opens
     onopen: function() {
-      alerts.addAlert('Connected to aria2 successfully over websocket!', 'success');
+      alerts.addAlert('Successfully connected to aria2 over a WebSocket!', 'success');
       sockRPC.initialized = true;
     },
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function(_, JSON, name, utils, alerts) {
       sockRPC.initialized = false;
 
       if (typeof WebSocket == "undefined") {
-        alerts.addAlert('Web sockets not supported, falling back to jsonp', 'info');
+        alerts.addAlert('Web sockets are not supported! Falling back to JSONP.', 'info');
         return;
       }
       sockRPC.conf = conf || sockRPC.conf;