diff --git a/src/common/database.c b/src/common/database.c
index 05ae41c4922..dd5eba9efc7 100644
--- a/src/common/database.c
+++ b/src/common/database.c
@@ -3719,7 +3719,7 @@ void dt_database_show_error(const dt_database_t *db)
"\n"
" 4 - If you have done this or are certain that no other instances of darktable are running, \n"
" this probably means that the last instance was ended abnormally. \n"
- " Click on the \"delete database lock files\" button to remove the files data.db.lock and library.db.lock. \n"
+ " Click on the \"delete database lock files\" button to delete the files data.db.lock and library.db.lock. \n"
"\n\n"
" Caution! Do not delete these files without first undertaking the above checks, \n"
" otherwise you risk generating serious inconsistencies in your database.\n"),
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ void dt_database_show_error(const dt_database_t *db)
else
dt_gui_show_standalone_yes_no_dialog
(_("error"), g_markup_printf_escaped(
- _("\nat least one file could not be removed.\n"
+ _("\nat least one file could not be deleted.\n"
"you may try to manually delete the files data.db.lock and library.db.lock\n"
"in folder %s.\n"), lck_dirname, lck_dirname),
_("_ok"), NULL);
diff --git a/src/common/film.c b/src/common/film.c
index ba6d11707d3..605988b5a1a 100644
--- a/src/common/film.c
+++ b/src/common/film.c
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ static gboolean ask_and_delete(gpointer user_data)
dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new
(GTK_WINDOW(win), GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION,
GTK_BUTTONS_YES_NO,
- ngettext("do you want to remove this empty directory?",
- "do you want to remove these empty directories?", n_empty_dirs));
+ ngettext("do you want to delete this empty directory?",
+ "do you want to delete these empty directories?", n_empty_dirs));
#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ
dt_osx_disallow_fullscreen(dialog);
#endif
gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(dialog),
- ngettext("remove empty directory?",
- "remove empty directories?", n_empty_dirs));
+ ngettext("delete empty directory?",
+ "delete empty directories?", n_empty_dirs));
GtkWidget *content_area = gtk_dialog_get_content_area(GTK_DIALOG(dialog));