diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 1a4dff09c541..3b557231e1d3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -4586,11 +4586,11 @@ static __devinit int cciss_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	msleep(CCISS_POST_RESET_PAUSE_MSECS);
 
 	/* Wait for board to become not ready, then ready. */
-	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for board to become ready.\n");
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for board to reset.\n");
 	rc = cciss_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_NOT_READY);
 	if (rc) /* Don't bail, might be E500, etc. which can't be reset */
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
-			"failed waiting for board to become not ready\n");
+			"failed waiting for board to reset\n");
 	rc = cciss_wait_for_board_state(pdev, vaddr, BOARD_READY);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
@@ -4641,6 +4641,7 @@ static __devinit int cciss_init_reset_devices(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* Now try to get the controller to respond to a no-op */
+	dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Waiting for controller to respond to no-op\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < CCISS_POST_RESET_NOOP_RETRIES; i++) {
 		if (cciss_noop(pdev) == 0)
 			break;