diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/Cube_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/Cube_meat.hpp
index d25df130..b0cb9320 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/Cube_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/Cube_meat.hpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ Cube<eT>::init_warm(const uword in_n_rows, const uword in_n_cols, const uword in
     return;
     }
   
-  arma_debug_check_bounds( (t_mem_state == 2), "Cube::init(): mismatch between size of auxiliary memory and requested size" );
+  arma_debug_check( (t_mem_state == 2), "Cube::init(): mismatch between size of auxiliary memory and requested size" );
   
   delete_mat();
   
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
index 1ebc6b5a..d4afc6a7 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/Mat_meat.hpp
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Mat<eT>::init_warm(uword in_n_rows, uword in_n_cols)
     return;
     }
   
-  arma_debug_check_bounds( (t_mem_state == 2), "Mat::init(): mismatch between size of auxiliary memory and requested size" );
+  arma_debug_check( (t_mem_state == 2), "Mat::init(): mismatch between size of auxiliary memory and requested size" );
   
   if(new_n_elem <= arma_config::mat_prealloc)
     {
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ Mat<eT>::init(const std::initializer_list< std::initializer_list<eT> >& list)
   
   if(t.mem_state == 3)
     {
-    arma_debug_check_bounds( ((x_n_rows != t.n_rows) || (x_n_cols != t.n_cols)), "Mat::init(): size mismatch between fixed size matrix and initialiser list" );
+    arma_debug_check( ((x_n_rows != t.n_rows) || (x_n_cols != t.n_cols)), "Mat::init(): size mismatch between fixed size matrix and initialiser list" );
     }
   else
     {
@@ -9103,7 +9103,7 @@ Mat<eT>::fixed<fixed_n_rows, fixed_n_cols>::operator=(const std::initializer_lis
   
   const uword N = uword(list.size());
   
-  arma_debug_check_bounds( (N > fixed_n_elem), "Mat::fixed: initialiser list is too long" );
+  arma_debug_check( (N > fixed_n_elem), "Mat::fixed: initialiser list is too long" );
   
   eT* this_mem = (*this).memptr();
   
diff --git a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
index a512af95..3a4b7443 100644
--- a/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
+++ b/include/armadillo_bits/fn_spsolve.hpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spsolve_helper
   
   const superlu_opts& opts = (settings.id == 1) ? static_cast<const superlu_opts&>(settings) : superlu_opts_default;
   
-  arma_debug_check_bounds( ( (opts.pivot_thresh < double(0)) || (opts.pivot_thresh > double(1)) ), "spsolve(): pivot_thresh out of bounds" );
+  arma_debug_check( ( (opts.pivot_thresh < double(0)) || (opts.pivot_thresh > double(1)) ), "spsolve(): pivot_thresh must be in the [0,1] interval" );
   
   if(sig == 's')  // SuperLU solver
     {