diff --git a/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp b/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
index c69df4bf9f109bc2d70a8500c995d30e20b0961c..fa47944cd50944c4e5c631b8088c42a51c519f86 100644
--- a/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
+++ b/src/MEAM/pair_meam.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ static const char *keywords[] = {
 PairMEAM::PairMEAM(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pair(lmp)
 {
   if (comm->me == 0)
-    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style meam command is unsupported "
-                   "- please use pair_style meam/c instead");
+    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style meam command is unsupported. "
+                   "Please use pair_style meam/c instead");
 
   single_enable = 0;
   restartinfo = 0;
diff --git a/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp b/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
index 45fee71c8dc1b16c27b4e60ffd41581175536e5f..be270b3ede7dbf3df971ac1824f93f24fa67f8b2 100644
--- a/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
+++ b/src/REAX/pair_reax.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 PairREAX::PairREAX(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pair(lmp)
 {
   if (comm->me == 0)
-    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style reax command is unsupported"
-                   "- please switch to pair_style reax/c instead");
+    error->warning(FLERR,"The pair_style reax command is unsupported. "
+                   "Please switch to pair_style reax/c instead");
 
   single_enable = 0;
   restartinfo = 0;