diff --git a/src/server/slave.c b/src/server/slave.c
--- a/src/server/slave.c
+++ b/src/server/slave.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		if(argc != 4)
 		{
-			fprintf(stderr, "I need more arguments!\n%d is not enough!\n Invoke 'slave -c <username> <emailaddr> to register. \n Already registered? Edit your distrenslave.conf file!'", argc - 1);
+			fprintf(stderr, "I need more arguments!\n%d is not enough!\n Invoke 'distrenslave -c <username> <emailaddr> to register. \n Already registered? Edit your distrenslave.conf file!'", argc - 1);
 			return 234;
 		}
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 		*key = register_user(username, email); // register_user returns a uniquely random url to a key
 		get("http://protofusion.org/distren/key/%s",key);
-		fprintf(stderr, "you registered, hopefully successfully. Invoke distrend with no args now.");
-		exec('echo %s >> distrend.conf',key);
+		fprintf(stderr, "You registered, hopefully successfully. Invoke distrenslave with no args now.");
+		exec('echo %s >> distrenslave.conf',key);
 	}
 /* End arg parser */
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct options_common *commonopts
 options_init(argc,argv,&my_cfg, &myopts, "slave", &commonopts);
 
 	if(key == NULL || username == NULL){
-		fprintf(stderr,"You didn't register! Please register or add your username to distrenslave.conf");
+		fprintf(stderr,"You didn't register! \n Please register (Invoke 'distrenslave -c <username> <emailaddr> to register) \nor add your username to distrenslave.conf");
 	}
 	else if(key != NULL || username != NULL){
 		loginuser(username); // Logs in user to the server