diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dc33fcc1..de044054 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-12-29  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
+
+	* lib/read_data.c: (glibtop_read_data_l):
+	* lib/write.c: (glibtop_write_l): Fixed error messages.
+	Closes #162406.
+
 2004-12-23  Benoît Dejean  <tazforever@dlfp.org>
 
 	* include/glibtop/error.h:
diff --git a/lib/read_data.c b/lib/read_data.c
index 5d5d8dcf..3159566a 100644
--- a/lib/read_data.c
+++ b/lib/read_data.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ glibtop_read_data_l (glibtop *server)
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		glibtop_error_io_r (server,
-				    ngettext ("read data %lu byte", "read data %lu bytes",
+				    ngettext ("read %lu byte of data",
+					      "read %lu bytes of data",
 					      (unsigned long) size));
 
 	return ptr;
diff --git a/lib/write.c b/lib/write.c
index 68416f1e..fce7489b 100644
--- a/lib/write.c
+++ b/lib/write.c
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ glibtop_write_l (glibtop *server, size_t size, void *buf)
 	}
 
 	if (ret < 0)
-		glibtop_error_io_r (server, ngettext ("write %d byte", "write %d bytes", size), size);
+		glibtop_error_io_r (server, ngettext ("wrote %d byte", "wrote %d bytes", size), size);
 }