diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/select_bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/select_bluegene.c
index 1233699fe4b2bc3dab68882db764049ff8b07239..53d03a1d2c083634d0dd2a5e522e6544094da70d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/select_bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/select_bluegene.c
@@ -2528,14 +2528,15 @@ extern int select_p_update_block(update_block_msg_t *block_desc_ptr)
 					info("Pending job %u on block %s "
 					     "will try to be requeued "
 					     "because overlapping block %s "
-					     "is in an error state.",
+					     "is being removed.",
 					     found_record->job_running,
 					     found_record->bg_block_id,
 					     bg_record->bg_block_id);
 				else
-					info("Failing job %u on block %s "
+					info("Running job %u on block %s "
+					     "will try to be requeued "
 					     "because overlapping block %s "
-					     "is in an error state.",
+					     "is being removed.",
 					     found_record->job_running,
 					     found_record->bg_block_id,
 					     bg_record->bg_block_id);
@@ -2562,18 +2563,17 @@ extern int select_p_update_block(update_block_msg_t *block_desc_ptr)
 						info("Pending job %u on "
 						     "block %s "
 						     "will try to be requeued "
-						     "because overlapping "
-						     "block %s "
+						     "because related block %s "
 						     "is in an error state.",
 						     job_ptr->job_id,
 						     found_record->bg_block_id,
 						     bg_record->bg_block_id);
 					else
-						info("Failing job %u on "
-						     "block %s "
-						     "because overlapping "
+						info("Running job %u on "
 						     "block %s "
-						     "is in an error state.",
+						     "will try to be requeued "
+						     "because related block %s "
+						     "is being removed.",
 						     job_ptr->job_id,
 						     found_record->bg_block_id,
 						     bg_record->bg_block_id);