diff --git a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToDel.ql b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToDel.ql
index 1c0bf6f6ec4..4cc72ee9fac 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToDel.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToDel.ql
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ where
   (
     // Simple case: the method that should be called is directly overridden
     mroStart = base.getScope() and
-    msg = "This deletion method does not call $@, which may leave $@ not properly cleaned up."
+    msg = "This delete method does not call $@, which may leave $@ not properly cleaned up."
     or
     // Only alert for a different mro base if there are no alerts for direct overrides
     not missingCallToSuperclassDel(base, _, base.getScope()) and
     msg =
-      "This deletion method does not call $@, which follows it in the MRO of $@, leaving it not properly cleaned up."
+      "This delete method does not call super().__del__, which may cause $@ to be missed during the cleanup of $@."
   )
 select base, msg, shouldCall, shouldCall.getQualifiedName(), mroStart, mroStart.getName()
diff --git a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToInit.ql b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToInit.ql
index 9adcad3e46a..56c6bd258cd 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToInit.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/MissingCallToInit.ql
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ where
     // Only alert for a different mro base if there are no alerts for direct overrides
     not missingCallToSuperclassInit(base, _, base.getScope()) and
     msg =
-      "This initialization method does not call $@, which follows it in the MRO of $@, leaving it partially initialized."
+      "This initialization method does not call super().__init__, which may cause $@ to be missed during the initialization of $@."
   )
 select base, msg, shouldCall, shouldCall.getQualifiedName(), mroStart, mroStart.getName()
diff --git a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/SuperclassInitCalledMultipleTimes.ql b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/SuperclassInitCalledMultipleTimes.ql
index 1f6f61222bf..4f577dc4a76 100644
--- a/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/SuperclassInitCalledMultipleTimes.ql
+++ b/python/ql/src/Classes/CallsToInitDel/SuperclassInitCalledMultipleTimes.ql
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ where
     multipleCallsToSuperclassInit(meth, subMulti) and
     calledMulti.getScope() = getADirectSuperclass+(subMulti.getScope())
   )
-select meth, "This initializer method calls $@ multiple times.", calledMulti,
+select meth, "This initialization method calls $@ multiple times.", calledMulti,
   calledMulti.getQualifiedName()