diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
index ee241604086..34372701f6e 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static void print_oom_reasons(outputStream* st) {
   st->print_cr("# Possible reasons:");
   st->print_cr("#   The system is out of physical RAM or swap space");
   if (UseCompressedOops) {
-    st->print_cr("#   The process is running with CompressedOops enabled, and the Java Heap may be blocking the growth of the native heap");
+    st->print_cr("#   This process is running with CompressedOops enabled, and the Java Heap may be blocking the growth of the native heap");
   }
   if (LogBytesPerWord == 2) {
     st->print_cr("#   In 32 bit mode, the process size limit was hit");
@@ -831,9 +831,9 @@ void VMError::report(outputStream* st, bool _verbose) {
                                                     "(mprotect) failed to protect ");
           jio_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), SIZE_FORMAT, _size);
           st->print("%s", buf);
-          st->print(" bytes");
+          st->print(" bytes.");
           if (strlen(_detail_msg) > 0) {
-            st->print(" for ");
+            st->print(" Error detail: ");
             st->print("%s", _detail_msg);
           }
           st->cr();