diff --git a/bin/combine_author_handle.sh b/bin/combine_author_handle.sh
index e8e33c0de..272b3e34c 100755
--- a/bin/combine_author_handle.sh
+++ b/bin/combine_author_handle.sh
@@ -400,17 +400,17 @@ fi
 #
 export TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST=".tmp.$NAME.AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST.$$.tmp"
 if [[ $V_FLAG -ge 3 ]]; then
-    echo  "$0: debug[3]: list pf author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
+    echo  "$0: debug[3]: list of author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
 fi
 trap 'rm -f $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST; exit' 0 1 2 3 15
 rm -f "$TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST"
 if [[ -e $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: cannot remove list pf author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
+    echo "$0: ERROR: cannot remove list of author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
     exit 12
 fi
 find "$AUTHOR_DIR" -type f -name '*.json' -print | LC_ALL=C sort -t / -d > "$TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST"
 if [[ ! -e $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST ]]; then
-    echo "$0: ERROR: cannot create list pf author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
+    echo "$0: ERROR: cannot create list of author_handle JSON files: $TMP_AUTHOR_HANDLE_LIST" 1>&2
     exit 13
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/gen-year-index.sh b/bin/gen-year-index.sh
index 7011e33bf..a0feb6859 100755
--- a/bin/gen-year-index.sh
+++ b/bin/gen-year-index.sh
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ if [[ -z $NOOP ]]; then
     # case: YYYY index.html does not need to be updated
     #
     elif [[ $V_FLAG -ge 3 ]]; then
-	echo "$0: debug[3]: does not need to be updated: $YYYY/README.html" 1>&2
+	echo "$0: debug[3]: does not need to be updated: $YYYY/index.html" 1>&2
     fi
 
 # report disabled by -n