diff --git a/lib/config.php b/lib/config.php
index 3aa69327f56fcf6c713ff91278e9759a424087a6..2c82036257f95e4206c901e1d2f8e0ec27e7e07d 100644
--- a/lib/config.php
+++ b/lib/config.php
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class OC_Config{
 		$result=@file_put_contents( OC::$SERVERROOT."/config/config.php", $content );
 		if(!$result) {
 			$tmpl = new OC_Template( '', 'error', 'guest' );
-			$tmpl->assign('errors',array(1=>array('error'=>"Can't write into config directory 'config'",'hint'=>"You can usually fix this by setting the owner of 'config' to the user that the web server uses (".OC_Util::checkWebserverUser().")")));
+			$tmpl->assign('errors',array(1=>array('error'=>"Can't write into config directory 'config'",'hint'=>"You can usually fix this by giving the webserver use write access to the config directory in owncloud")));
 			$tmpl->printPage();
 			exit;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 90cc1f6123a70cec3d3bfcd5407df85ceeba0905..14313569a1d81544ed8a9b443e5db6271592a050 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class OC_Util {
 			$success=@mkdir($CONFIG_DATADIRECTORY_ROOT);
                         if(!$success) {
 				$tmpl = new OC_Template( '', 'error', 'guest' );
-				$tmpl->assign('errors',array(1=>array('error'=>"Can't create data directory (".$CONFIG_DATADIRECTORY_ROOT.")",'hint'=>"You can usually fix this by setting the owner of '".OC::$SERVERROOT."' to the user that the web server uses (".OC_Util::checkWebserverUser().")")));
+				$tmpl->assign('errors',array(1=>array('error'=>"Can't create data directory (".$CONFIG_DATADIRECTORY_ROOT.")",'hint'=>"You can usually fix this by giving the webserver write access to the ownCloud directory '".OC::$SERVERROOT."' ")));
 				$tmpl->printPage();
 				exit;
   			}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class OC_Util {
                 $serverUser=OC_Util::checkWebserverUser();
 
 		//common hint for all file permissons error messages
-		$permissionsHint="Permissions can usually be fixed by setting the owner of the file or directory to the user the web server runs as ($serverUser)";
+		$permissionsHint="Permissions can usually be fixed by giving the webserver write access to the ownCloud directory";
 
 		//check for correct file permissions
 		if(!stristr(PHP_OS, 'WIN')){