diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/alert/GtfsRealtimeAlertsUpdater.java b/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/alert/GtfsRealtimeAlertsUpdater.java
index b71dad6a656..a5be5ef4185 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/alert/GtfsRealtimeAlertsUpdater.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/alert/GtfsRealtimeAlertsUpdater.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ protected void runPolling() {
 
       lastTimestamp = feedTimestamp;
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOG.error("Error reading gtfs-realtime feed from " + url, e);
+      LOG.error("Failed to process GTFS-RT Alerts feed from {}", url, e);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/trip/GtfsRealtimeTripUpdateSource.java b/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/trip/GtfsRealtimeTripUpdateSource.java
index 0b20a4c22c7..f3d3c62d6ea 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/trip/GtfsRealtimeTripUpdateSource.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/updater/trip/GtfsRealtimeTripUpdateSource.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public List<TripUpdate> getUpdates() {
         if (feedEntity.hasTripUpdate()) updates.add(feedEntity.getTripUpdate());
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOG.error("Failed to parse GTFS-RT feed from {}", url, e);
+      LOG.error("Failed to process GTFS-RT TripUpdates feed from {}", url, e);
     }
     return updates;
   }