diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
index 1486a57def9..21b85ccc2a8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ public class DefaultErrorMessages {
                     }
                 });
 
-        MAP.put(FINITE_BOUNDS_VIOLATION, "Type argument is not within its bounds (violation of Finite Bound Restriction)");
+        MAP.put(FINITE_BOUNDS_VIOLATION, "This type parameter violates the Finite Bound Restriction");
         MAP.put(FINITE_BOUNDS_VIOLATION_IN_JAVA, "Violation of Finite Bound Restriction for {0}", STRING);
-        MAP.put(EXPANSIVE_INHERITANCE, "Type argument is not within its bounds (violation of Non-Expansive Inheritance Restriction)");
+        MAP.put(EXPANSIVE_INHERITANCE, "This type parameter violates the Non-Expansive Inheritance Restriction");
         MAP.put(EXPANSIVE_INHERITANCE_IN_JAVA, "Violation of Non-Expansive Inheritance Restriction for {0}", STRING);
         MAP.put(REDUNDANT_PROJECTION, "Projection is redundant: the corresponding type parameter of {0} has the same variance", NAME);
         MAP.put(CONFLICTING_PROJECTION, "Projection is conflicting with variance of the corresponding type parameter of {0}. Remove the projection or replace it with ''*''", NAME);