diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int sendSignal(struct remoteio *rem, cha
   while( towrite
 	 && !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written))
     {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Writing...\n");
+      fprintf(stderr, "Sending request...\n");
       towrite -= written;
     }
   if(written)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int sendExtSignal(struct remoteio *rem, 
   while( towrite
           && !remoteio_write(rem, ssignal, towrite, &written))
      {
-       fprintf(stderr, "Writing...\n");
+       fprintf(stderr, "Sending request...\n");
        towrite -= written;
      }
    if(written)