diff --git a/app/vminsert/main.go b/app/vminsert/main.go
index e6c966942..181dce5fa 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/main.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/main.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ func main() {
 	buildinfo.Init()
 	logger.Init()
 
-	logger.Infof("initializing netstorage for storageNodes=%s...", *storageNodes)
+	logger.Infof("initializing netstorage for storageNodes %s...", *storageNodes)
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	if len(*storageNodes) == 0 {
-		logger.Fatalf("storageNodes cannot be empty")
+		logger.Fatalf("missing -storageNode arg")
 	}
 	netstorage.InitStorageNodes(*storageNodes)
 	logger.Infof("successfully initialized netstorage in %s", time.Since(startTime))
diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 9475691b4..6629841c7 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ func main() {
 	buildinfo.Init()
 	logger.Init()
 
-	logger.Infof("starting netstorage at storageNodes=%s", *storageNodes)
+	logger.Infof("starting netstorage at storageNodes %s", *storageNodes)
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	if len(*storageNodes) == 0 {
-		logger.Fatalf("storageNodes cannot be empty")
+		logger.Fatalf("missing -storageNode arg")
 	}
 	netstorage.InitStorageNodes(*storageNodes)
 	logger.Infof("started netstorage in %s", time.Since(startTime))