diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index a51bf407..da89b848 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ void Find::Run()
 	Statusbar::msg("Searching...");
 	Screen<NC::Scrollpad> *s = static_cast<Screen<NC::Scrollpad> *>(myScreen);
 	s->Main()->removeFormatting();
-	Statusbar::msg("%s", findme.empty() || s->Main()->setFormatting(NC::fmtReverse, ToWString(findme), NC::fmtReverseEnd, 0) ? "Done!" : "No matching patterns found");
+	Statusbar::msg("%s", findme.empty() || s->Main()->setFormatting(NC::fmtReverse, ToWString(findme), NC::fmtReverseEnd, 0) ? "Done" : "No matching patterns found");
 	s->Main()->flush();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mpdpp.cpp b/src/mpdpp.cpp
index 0f79317d..f137c280 100644
--- a/src/mpdpp.cpp
+++ b/src/mpdpp.cpp
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ bool Connection::AddRandomTag(mpd_tag_type tag, size_t number)
 	if (number > tags.size())
 	{
 		if (itsErrorHandler)
-			itsErrorHandler(this, 0, "Requested number is out of range!", itsErrorHandlerUserdata);
+			itsErrorHandler(this, 0, "Requested number is out of range", itsErrorHandlerUserdata);
 		return false;
 	}
 	else
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ bool Connection::AddRandomSongs(size_t number)
 	if (number > files.size())
 	{
 		if (itsErrorHandler)
-			itsErrorHandler(this, 0, "Requested number of random songs is bigger than size of your library!", itsErrorHandlerUserdata);
+			itsErrorHandler(this, 0, "Requested number of random songs is bigger than size of your library", itsErrorHandlerUserdata);
 		return false;
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/status.cpp b/src/status.cpp
index e20fbaac..fd6668c2 100644
--- a/src/status.cpp
+++ b/src/status.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(MPD::Connection *, MPD::StatusChanges changed, void *)
 		// finished and nothing changed, so we need to switch it off for them.
 		if (!Mpd.SupportsIdle() || Mpd.Version() > 15)
 			mpd_db_updating = Mpd.GetDBIsUpdating() ? 'U' : 0;
-		Statusbar::msg(Mpd.GetDBIsUpdating() ? "Database update started!" : "Database update finished!");
+		Statusbar::msg(Mpd.GetDBIsUpdating() ? "Database update started" : "Database update finished");
 		if (changed.Database && myScreen == mySelectedItemsAdder)
 		{
 			myScreen->SwitchTo(); // switch to previous screen
diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index 45a38bbe..8a5b8a1d 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Window::Window(size_t startx,
 	||  m_start_y > size_t(LINES)
 	||  m_width+m_start_x > size_t(COLS)
 	||  m_height+m_start_y > size_t(LINES))
-		FatalError("Constructed window is bigger than terminal size!");
+		FatalError("Constructed window is bigger than terminal size");
 	
 	if (m_border != brNone)
 	{