diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Compactor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Compactor.java
index 2f9fa3623ec..12cc99f523d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Compactor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/Compactor.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class Compactor extends Configured {
     writer.close();
     store.getFileSystem().delete(writer.getPath(), false);
     throw new InterruptedIOException( "Aborting compaction of store " + store +
-      " in region " + store.getHRegion() + " because user requested stop.");
+      " in region " + store.getHRegion() + " because it was interrupted.");
   }
 
   CompactionProgress getProgress() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
index 266ef46e3bf..f5ee9b07be2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegion.java
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ public class HRegion implements HeapSize { // , Writable{
           status.setStatus("Compacting store " + cr.getStore());
           cr.getStore().compact(cr);
         } catch (InterruptedIOException iioe) {
-          String msg = "compaction interrupted by user";
+          String msg = "compaction interrupted";
           LOG.info(msg, iioe);
           status.abort(msg);
           return false;