diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
index 6ddc65c93..b1adbec0f 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/Common.hs
@@ -1391,10 +1391,10 @@ commenttagsanddatesp mYear = do
 -- Left ...not a bracketed date...
 --
 -- >>> either (Left . customErrorBundlePretty) Right $ rtp (bracketeddatetagsp Nothing) "[2016/1/32]"
--- Left ...1:2:...well-formed but invalid date: 2016/1/32...
+-- Left ...1:2:...This date is invalid...
 --
 -- >>> either (Left . customErrorBundlePretty) Right $ rtp (bracketeddatetagsp Nothing) "[1/31]"
--- Left ...1:2:...partial date 1/31 found, but the current year is unknown...
+-- Left ...1:2:...The partial date 1/31 can not be parsed...
 --
 -- >>> either (Left . customErrorBundlePretty) Right $ rtp (bracketeddatetagsp Nothing) "[0123456789/-.=/-.=]"
 -- Left ...1:13:...expecting month or day...
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
index e213650a0..b1994cc3d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Reports/ReportOptions.hs
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ makeHledgerClassyLenses ''ReportSpec
 -- >>> _rsQuery <$> setEither querystring ["assets"] defreportspec
 -- Right (Acct (RegexpCI "assets"))
 -- >>> _rsQuery <$> setEither querystring ["(assets"] defreportspec
--- Left "this regular expression could not be compiled: (assets"
+-- Left "This regular expression is malformed...
 -- >>> _rsQuery $ set querystring ["assets"] defreportspec
 -- Acct (RegexpCI "assets")
 -- >>> _rsQuery $ set querystring ["(assets"] defreportspec