diff --git a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
index 988539cec82..70358905112 100644
--- a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
+++ b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2Native.kt
@@ -190,11 +190,12 @@ class K2Native : CLICompiler<K2NativeCompilerArguments>() {
                     else -> put(GENERATE_TEST_RUNNER, TestRunnerKind.NONE)
                 }
                 // We need to download dependencies only if we use them ( = there are files to compile).
-                put(CHECK_DEPENDENCIES, if (configuration.kotlinSourceRoots.isNotEmpty() || !arguments.sourceLibraries.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                    true
-                } else {
-                    arguments.checkDependencies
-                })
+                put(
+                    CHECK_DEPENDENCIES,
+                    configuration.kotlinSourceRoots.isNotEmpty()
+                            || !arguments.sourceLibraries.isNullOrEmpty()
+                            || arguments.checkDependencies
+                )
                 if (arguments.friendModules != null)
                     put(FRIEND_MODULES, arguments.friendModules!!.split(File.pathSeparator).filterNot(String::isEmpty))
 
@@ -310,8 +311,11 @@ private fun selectSourceLibraries(
     val produceBinaryOrBitcode = outputKind.let { it.isNativeBinary || it == CompilerOutputKind.BITCODE }
 
     return if (sourceLibraries.isNotEmpty() && !produceBinaryOrBitcode) {
-        configuration.report(ERROR, "The $SOURCE_LIBRARY_ARG flag is only supported when producing native binaries or bitcode files, " +
-                "but the compiler is producing ${outputKind.name.toLowerCase()}")
+        configuration.report(
+            ERROR,
+            "The $SOURCE_LIBRARY_ARG flag is only supported when producing native binaries or bitcode files, " +
+                    "but the compiler is producing ${outputKind.name.toLowerCase()}"
+        )
         emptyList()
     } else {
         sourceLibraries
diff --git a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.kt b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.kt
index f45dd3e7ae9..05c6d026578 100644
--- a/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/backend.native/cli.bc/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/bc/K2NativeCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class K2NativeCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     @Argument(
         value = SOURCE_LIBRARY_ARG,
         valueDescription = "<path>",
-        description = "A library to be processed in the same manner as source files (test processing, ObjC export etc).\n" +
+        description = "A library to be processed in the same manner as source files.\n" +
                 "Must be one of libraries passed with '-library'"
     )
     var sourceLibraries: Array<String>? = null
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class K2NativeCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     @Argument(
             value = "-Xlibrary-to-cover",
             valueDescription = "<path>",
-            description = "A library that should be covered.\n" +
+            description = "Provide code coverage for the given library.\n" +
                     "Must be one of libraries passed with '-library'",
             delimiter = ""
     )
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/FeaturedLibraries.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/FeaturedLibraries.kt
index d04c2344484..c6d1d914454 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/FeaturedLibraries.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/FeaturedLibraries.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ private sealed class FeaturedLibrariesReporter {
         protected abstract fun notIncludedLibraryMessageTitle(): String
 
         override fun reportIllegalKind(library: KonanLibrary) {
-            val kind = if (library.isInterop) "Interop" else "Default"
+            val kind = when {
+                library.isInterop -> "Interop"
+                library.isDefault -> "Default"
+                else -> "Unknown kind"
+            }
             configuration.report(CompilerMessageSeverity.STRONG_WARNING, illegalKindMessage(kind, library.libraryName))
         }
 
@@ -115,10 +119,10 @@ private sealed class FeaturedLibrariesReporter {
 
     private class CoveredLibraryReporter(configuration: CompilerConfiguration): BaseReporter(configuration) {
         override fun illegalKindMessage(kind: String, libraryName: String): String =
-            "$kind library $libraryName can't be covered"
+            "Cannot provide the code coverage for the $kind library $libraryName."
 
         override fun notIncludedLibraryMessageTitle(): String =
-            "Following libraries are specified to be covered with -Xlibrary-to-cover, but not included to the build:"
+            "The code coverage is enabled for the following libraries, but they are not included to the build:"
     }
 
     companion object {
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
index 21aa50417f5..9838ad2bb8e 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class KonanConfig(val project: Project, val configuration: CompilerConfiguration
     internal val target = targetManager.target
     internal val phaseConfig = configuration.get(CLIConfigurationKeys.PHASE_CONFIG)!!
 
-    val infoArgsOnly = configuration.kotlinSourceRoots.isEmpty() && configuration[KonanConfigKeys.SOURCE_LIBRARIES].isNullOrEmpty()
+    val infoArgsOnly = configuration.kotlinSourceRoots.isEmpty()
+            && configuration[KonanConfigKeys.SOURCE_LIBRARIES].isNullOrEmpty()
 
     // TODO: debug info generation mode and debug/release variant selection probably requires some refactoring.
     val debug: Boolean get() = configuration.getBoolean(KonanConfigKeys.DEBUG)
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfigurationKeys.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfigurationKeys.kt
index d4a9949f27b..d1c4505d6b0 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfigurationKeys.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfigurationKeys.kt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class KonanConfigKeys {
         val RUNTIME_FILE: CompilerConfigurationKey<String?> 
                 = CompilerConfigurationKey.create("override default runtime file path")
         val SOURCE_LIBRARIES: CompilerConfigurationKey<List<String>>
-                = CompilerConfigurationKey("a klibraries used to produce the final binaries instead of source code") // TODO: Better description.
+                = CompilerConfigurationKey("libraries used to be processed in the same manner as source files")
         val SOURCE_MAP: CompilerConfigurationKey<List<String>> 
                 = CompilerConfigurationKey.create("generate source map")
         val STATIC_FRAMEWORK: CompilerConfigurationKey<Boolean>