diff --git a/src/api/config_info.c b/src/api/config_info.c
index 265338e1e17d5856880a2de5dfe5e5eab86ef11d..ce9c5674112bf78e3e0b915e1b41e27c85522ff9 100644
--- a/src/api/config_info.c
+++ b/src/api/config_info.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void slurm_print_ctl_conf ( FILE* out,
 		return ;
 
 	make_time_str ((time_t *)&slurm_ctl_conf_ptr->last_update, time_str);
-	fprintf(out, "Configuration updated at %s\n", time_str);
+	fprintf(out, "Configuration data as of %s\n", time_str);
 	fprintf(out, "BackupAddr        = %s\n", 
 		slurm_ctl_conf_ptr->backup_addr);
 	fprintf(out, "BackupController  = %s\n", 
diff --git a/src/api/job_info.c b/src/api/job_info.c
index ba676c8bb48682b51a6beacb694bf6cecfba78a9..645c404db6b44b5718e38c8b539335aea22ba6f7 100644
--- a/src/api/job_info.c
+++ b/src/api/job_info.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ slurm_print_job_info_msg ( FILE* out, job_info_msg_t * job_info_msg_ptr )
 	char time_str[16];
 
 	make_time_str ((time_t *)&job_info_msg_ptr->last_update, time_str);
-	fprintf( out, "Jobs updated at %s, record count %d\n",
+	fprintf( out, "Job data as of %s, record count %d\n",
 		time_str, job_info_msg_ptr->record_count);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < job_info_msg_ptr-> record_count; i++) 
diff --git a/src/api/job_step_info.c b/src/api/job_step_info.c
index 89081b61c15e6b31b1e9d5c4e5b789e30d377728..28e951d60e474432071764c9cb05036fec314d36 100644
--- a/src/api/job_step_info.c
+++ b/src/api/job_step_info.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ slurm_print_job_step_info_msg ( FILE* out,
 
 	make_time_str ((time_t *)&job_step_info_msg_ptr->last_update, 
 			time_str);
-	fprintf( out, "Job steps updated at %s, record count %d\n",
+	fprintf( out, "Job step data as of %s, record count %d\n",
 		time_str, job_step_info_msg_ptr->job_step_count);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < job_step_info_msg_ptr-> job_step_count; i++) 
diff --git a/src/api/node_info.c b/src/api/node_info.c
index 027842163431ef1848a0dcd0c7259014e8a3a9d6..d83a5227e36b580605f3b68dc38c27a85878f788 100644
--- a/src/api/node_info.c
+++ b/src/api/node_info.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ slurm_print_node_info_msg ( FILE * out, node_info_msg_t * node_info_msg_ptr )
 	char time_str[16];
 
 	make_time_str ((time_t *)&node_info_msg_ptr->last_update, time_str);
-	fprintf( out, "Nodes updated at %s, record count %d\n",
+	fprintf( out, "Node data as of %s, record count %d\n",
 		time_str, node_info_msg_ptr->record_count);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < node_info_msg_ptr-> record_count; i++) 
diff --git a/src/api/partition_info.c b/src/api/partition_info.c
index 0101cddd12ed6e8715aa452f6c84cbadb2e3aad5..3fec49d54fa63cbf94c4151c0defb44446c58399 100644
--- a/src/api/partition_info.c
+++ b/src/api/partition_info.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void slurm_print_partition_info_msg ( FILE* out,
 	char time_str[16];
 
 	make_time_str ((time_t *)&part_info_ptr->last_update, time_str);
-	fprintf( out, "Partitions updated at %s, record count %d\n",
+	fprintf( out, "Partition data as of %s, record count %d\n",
 		time_str, part_info_ptr->record_count);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < part_info_ptr->record_count; i++) {