diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
index 7b71347d..31f9951b 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ spsolve_helper
   
   if( (status == false) && (rcond > T(0)) )
     {
-    arma_debug_warn_level(2, "spsolve(): system is singular (rcond: ", rcond, ")");
+    arma_debug_warn_level(2, "spsolve(): system is singular; rcond: ", rcond);
     }
   
   if( (status == true) && (rcond > T(0)) && (rcond < std::numeric_limits<T>::epsilon()) )
     {
-    arma_debug_warn_level(2, "solve(): solution computed, but system is singular to working precision (rcond: ", rcond, ")");
+    arma_debug_warn_level(2, "solve(): solution computed, but system is singular to working precision; rcond: ", rcond);
     }
   
   return status;
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/newarp_SparseGenRealShiftSolve_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/newarp_SparseGenRealShiftSolve_meat.hpp
index 5d85517b..1317bf91 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/newarp_SparseGenRealShiftSolve_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/newarp_SparseGenRealShiftSolve_meat.hpp
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ SparseGenRealShiftSolve<eT>::SparseGenRealShiftSolve(const SpMat<eT>& mat_obj, c
     
     if( (x_rcond < std::numeric_limits<eT>::epsilon()) || arma_isnan(x_rcond) )
       {
-      if(x_rcond > eT(0))  { arma_debug_warn_level(2, "matrix is singular to working precision (rcond: ", x_rcond, ")"); }
-      else                 { arma_debug_warn_level(2, "matrix is singular to working precision");                        }
+      arma_debug_warn_level(2, "matrix is singular to working precision; rcond: ", x_rcond);
       return;
       }
     
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
index 4ee8efaf..4ad92a42 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/sp_auxlib_meat.hpp
@@ -1424,13 +1424,13 @@ sp_auxlib::spsolve_refine(Mat<typename T1::elem_type>& X, typename T1::pod_type&
     else
     if( (info == int(A.n_cols+1)) && (user_opts.allow_ugly) )
       {
-      arma_debug_warn_level(2, "spsolve(): system is singular to working precision (rcond: ", rcond, ")");
+      arma_debug_warn_level(2, "spsolve(): system is singular to working precision; rcond: ", rcond);
       status = true;
       }
     else
     if(info > int(A.n_cols+1))
       {
-      arma_debug_warn_level(1, "spsolve(): memory allocation failure: could not allocate ", (info - int(A.n_cols)), " bytes");
+      arma_debug_warn_level(1, "spsolve(): memory allocation failure");
       }
     else
     if(info < 0)
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@ sp_auxlib::run_aupd_shiftinvert
     
     if( (x_rcond < std::numeric_limits<eT>::epsilon()) || arma_isnan(x_rcond) )
       {
-      arma_debug_warn_level(2, "matrix is singular to working precision (rcond: ", x_rcond, ")");
+      arma_debug_warn_level(2, "matrix is singular to working precision; rcond: ", x_rcond);
       info = blas_int(-1);
       return;
       }