diff --git a/hound.go b/hound.go
index babc93a..9561cc2 100644
--- a/hound.go
+++ b/hound.go
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ func (h *Hound) Sniff(fileName string, hunk *diff.Hunk, warnc chan string, failc
 
 		if pattern, warned := h.MatchPatterns(h.Warns, line); warned {
 			msg := color.YellowString(fmt.Sprintf(
-				"Warning: pattern `%s` match found for `%s` starting at line %d in %s\n",
+				"warning: pattern `%s` match found for `%s` starting at line %d in %s\n",
 				pattern, line, hunk.NewStartLine, fileName))
 			warnc <- msg
 		}
 
 		if pattern, failed := h.MatchPatterns(h.Fails, line); failed {
 			msg := color.RedString(fmt.Sprintf(
-				"Failure: pattern `%s` match found for `%s` starting at line %d in %s\n",
+				"failure: pattern `%s` match found for `%s` starting at line %d in %s\n",
 				pattern, line, hunk.NewStartLine, fileName))
 			failc <- errors.New(msg)
 		}
diff --git a/hound_test.go b/hound_test.go
index efafc70..0c04adf 100644
--- a/hound_test.go
+++ b/hound_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ index 000000..000000 000000
 		warnc := make(chan string)
 		failc := make(chan error)
 		donec := make(chan bool)
-		
+
 		go hound.Sniff(fileName, hunk, warnc, failc, donec)
 
 		select {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 089ee24..b350ac8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		if failCount > 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("%d failures detected. Please fix them before you can commit.\n", failCount)
+			fmt.Printf("%d failures detected - please fix them before you can commit.\n", failCount)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}