diff --git a/etc/config/CGAL.sh b/etc/config/CGAL.sh
index 0760140f4b5e04349c0baaf53ef3e489fdb042fb..0e41e11bd531e956666fe2dc5c059df2834fefe4 100644
--- a/etc/config/CGAL.sh
+++ b/etc/config/CGAL.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export CGAL_ARCH_PATH=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER/$cgal_v
 
 if [ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ]
 then
-    echo "Using CGAL and boost"
-    echo "    $cgal_version at $CGAL_ARCH_PATH"
-    echo "    $boost_version at $BOOST_ARCH_PATH"
+    echo "Using CGAL and boost" 1>&2
+    echo "    $cgal_version at $CGAL_ARCH_PATH" 1>&2
+    echo "    $boost_version at $BOOST_ARCH_PATH" 1>&2
 fi
 
 if [ -d "$CGAL_ARCH_PATH" ]
diff --git a/etc/config/settings.csh b/etc/config/settings.csh
index 6da932a43530006a36839f123d773452428adf3c..6914d9cf6d8bcec30f61057eb792e92625004f48 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.csh
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ setenv FOAM_UTILITIES $FOAM_APP/utilities
 setenv FOAM_SOLVERS $FOAM_APP/solvers
 setenv FOAM_RUN $WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR/run
 
-# add wmake to the path - not required for runtime only environment
+# add wmake to the path - not required for runtime-only environment
 if ( -d "${WM_DIR}" ) setenv PATH ${WM_DIR}:${PATH}
 # add OpenFOAM scripts to the path
 setenv PATH ${WM_PROJECT_DIR}/bin:${PATH}
diff --git a/etc/config/settings.sh b/etc/config/settings.sh
index 0e0563bab6c2c0ef1ad87532bf6b091a790939a5..6f7d15bc6c7557f72526f32e658572ca31deccda 100644
--- a/etc/config/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/config/settings.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export FOAM_UTILITIES=$FOAM_APP/utilities
 export FOAM_SOLVERS=$FOAM_APP/solvers
 export FOAM_RUN=$WM_PROJECT_USER_DIR/run
 
-# add wmake to the path - not required for runtime only environment
+# add wmake to the path - not required for runtime-only environment
 [ -d "$WM_DIR" ] && PATH=$WM_DIR:$PATH
 # add OpenFOAM scripts to the path
 export PATH=$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin:$PATH