diff --git a/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c b/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
index 90eb745ddabc..acf26d9fc558 100644
--- a/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
+++ b/sbin/fsck_ffs/main.c
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ checkfilesys(char *filesys)
 					exit(0);
 				exit(4);
 			} else {
-				pfatal(
-			    "UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY, CANNOT RUN FAST FSCK\n");
+				pfatal("UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY, CANNOT RUN "
+				    "FAST FSCK\n");
 			}
 		}
 		close(fsreadfd);
@@ -329,13 +329,14 @@ checkfilesys(char *filesys)
 	 *	if not found, clear bkgrdflag and proceed with normal fsck
 	 */
 	if (bkgrdflag) {
+		/* Get the mount point information of the file system */
 		if (mntp == NULL) {
 			bkgrdflag = 0;
 			pfatal("NOT MOUNTED, CANNOT RUN IN BACKGROUND\n");
 		} else if ((mntp->f_flags & MNT_SOFTDEP) == 0) {
 			bkgrdflag = 0;
-			pfatal(
-			  "NOT USING SOFT UPDATES, CANNOT RUN IN BACKGROUND\n");
+			pfatal("NOT USING SOFT UPDATES, CANNOT RUN IN "
+			    "BACKGROUND\n");
 		} else if ((mntp->f_flags & MNT_RDONLY) != 0) {
 			bkgrdflag = 0;
 			pfatal("MOUNTED READ-ONLY, CANNOT RUN IN BACKGROUND\n");
@@ -529,10 +530,10 @@ checkfilesys(char *filesys)
 	 */
 	if (duplist) {
 		if (preen || usedsoftdep)
-			pfatal("INTERNAL ERROR: dups with %s%s%s",
+			pfatal("INTERNAL ERROR: DUPS WITH %s%s%s",
 			    preen ? "-p" : "",
-			    (preen && usedsoftdep) ? " and " : "",
-			    usedsoftdep ? "softupdates" : "");
+			    (preen && usedsoftdep) ? " AND " : "",
+			    usedsoftdep ? "SOFTUPDATES" : "");
 		printf("** Phase 1b - Rescan For More DUPS\n");
 		pass1b();
 		IOstats("Pass1b");