diff --git a/src/server/mysql.c b/src/server/mysql.c
--- a/src/server/mysql.c
+++ b/src/server/mysql.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ distrend_mysql_result_t mysqlQuery(distr
    */
   
   if(mysql_ping(conn->mysqlconn))
-    fprintf(stderr, "MySQL Connection _was_ broken or may be broken, I'm not sure exactly what this return value means\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "MySQL connection broken, and reconnect is disabled!\n");
 
 
   fprintf(stderr,"Querying... ");