diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index dd06523..22d56eb 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -6937,14 +6937,14 @@ print_machine_data()
 		fi
 		IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 	else
-		system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi machine data. Try newer kernel, or install dmidecode.${CN}"
+		system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi/id machine data. Try newer kernel, or install dmidecode.${CN}"
 	fi
 	# patch to dump all of above if dmidecode was data source and non root user
 	if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-non-root-user' || ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data' ]];then
 		if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-non-root-user' ]];then
-			system_line="${C2}Using dmidecode, no /sys/class/dmi. You must be root to use dmidecode.${CN}"
+			system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi. Using dmidecode: you must be root to use dmidecode.${CN}"
 		elif [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data' ]];then
-			system_line="${C2}Using dmidecode, no /sys/class/dmi. No dmidecode data available for system.${CN}"
+			system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi. Using dmidecode: no machine data available.${CN}"
 		fi
 		mobo_line=''
 		bios_line=''