diff --git a/proc/readproc.c b/proc/readproc.c
index bbfd6292..3d5e877c 100644
--- a/proc/readproc.c
+++ b/proc/readproc.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ void look_up_our_self(proc_t *p) {
     char sbuf[1024];
 
     if(file2str("/proc/self", "stat", sbuf, sizeof sbuf) == -1){
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error, do this: mount -t proc none /proc\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error, do this: mount -t proc proc /proc\n");
         _exit(47);
     }
     stat2proc(sbuf, p);    // parse /proc/self/stat
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index ee5f16fe..a110afa8 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ long smp_num_cpus;     /* number of CPUs */
 #define BAD_OPEN_MESSAGE					\
 "Error: /proc must be mounted\n"				\
 "  To mount /proc at boot you need an /etc/fstab line like:\n"	\
-"      /proc   /proc   proc    defaults\n"			\
-"  In the meantime, run \"mount /proc /proc -t proc\"\n"
+"      proc   /proc   proc    defaults\n"			\
+"  In the meantime, run \"mount proc /proc -t proc\"\n"
 
 #define STAT_FILE    "/proc/stat"
 static int stat_fd = -1;