diff --git a/replay/replay.c b/replay/replay.c
index 3fd241a4fc..a2c576c16e 100644
--- a/replay/replay.c
+++ b/replay/replay.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ void replay_add_blocker(const char *feature)
 {
     Error *reason = NULL;
 
-    error_setg(&reason, "Record/replay feature is not supported for '%s'",
+    error_setg(&reason, "Record/replay is not supported with %s",
                feature);
     replay_blockers = g_slist_prepend(replay_blockers, reason);
 }
diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c
index 48aae6e053..70f4cece7f 100644
--- a/system/vl.c
+++ b/system/vl.c
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@ static void qemu_apply_machine_options(QDict *qdict)
     }
 
     if (current_machine->smp.cpus > 1) {
-        replay_add_blocker("smp");
+        replay_add_blocker("multiple CPUs");
     }
 }