diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
index c7af700..d01bc4b 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ static bool ssctl_request_shutdown(struct qcom_sysmon *sysmon)
 
 	ret = qmi_txn_wait(&txn, 5 * HZ);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "failed receiving QMI response\n");
+		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "timeout waiting for shutdown response\n");
 	} else if (resp.resp.result) {
-		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "shutdown request failed\n");
+		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "shutdown request rejected\n");
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(sysmon->dev, "shutdown request completed\n");
 		acked = true;
@@ -397,18 +397,18 @@ static void ssctl_send_event(struct qcom_sysmon *sysmon,
 			       SSCTL_SUBSYS_EVENT_REQ, 40,
 			       ssctl_subsys_event_req_ei, &req);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "failed to send shutdown request\n");
+		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "failed to send subsystem event\n");
 		qmi_txn_cancel(&txn);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	ret = qmi_txn_wait(&txn, 5 * HZ);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "failed receiving QMI response\n");
+		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "timeout waiting for subsystem event response\n");
 	else if (resp.resp.result)
-		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "ssr event send failed\n");
+		dev_err(sysmon->dev, "subsystem event rejected\n");
 	else
-		dev_dbg(sysmon->dev, "ssr event send completed\n");
+		dev_dbg(sysmon->dev, "subsystem event accepted\n");
 }
 
 /**