diff --git a/src/parser_json.c b/src/parser_json.c
index 764d771..55af307 100644
--- a/src/parser_json.c
+++ b/src/parser_json.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@
 
             /* opaq node cannot have an empty string as the name. */
             if (name_len == 0) {
-                LOGVAL(lydctx->jsonctx->ctx, LYVE_SYNTAX_JSON, "A JSON object member name cannot be a zero-length string.");
+                LOGVAL(lydctx->jsonctx->ctx, LYVE_SYNTAX_JSON, "JSON object member name cannot be a zero-length string.");
                 r = LY_EVALID;
                 LY_DPARSER_ERR_GOTO(r, rc = r, lydctx, cleanup);
             }
@@ -1695,8 +1695,8 @@
     goto cleanup;
 
 representation_error:
-    LOGVAL(ctx, LYVE_SYNTAX_JSON, "The %s \"%s\" is expected to be represented as JSON %s, but input data contains name/%s.",
-            lys_nodetype2str(snode->nodetype), snode->name, expected, lyjson_token2str(status));
+    LOGVAL(ctx, LYVE_SYNTAX_JSON, "Expecting JSON %s but %s \"%s\" is represented in input data as name/%s.",
+            expected, lys_nodetype2str(snode->nodetype), snode->name, lyjson_token2str(status));
     rc = LY_EVALID;
     if (lydctx->val_opts & LYD_VALIDATE_MULTI_ERROR) {
         /* try to skip the invalid data */
diff --git a/tests/utests/data/test_parser_json.c b/tests/utests/data/test_parser_json.c
index 285152e..b01dc53 100644
--- a/tests/utests/data/test_parser_json.c
+++ b/tests/utests/data/test_parser_json.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 
     /* empty name */
     PARSER_CHECK_ERROR("{\"@a:foo\":{\"\":0}}", 0, LYD_VALIDATE_PRESENT, tree, LY_EVALID,
-            "A JSON object member name cannot be a zero-length string.", "Line number 1.");
+            "JSON object member name cannot be a zero-length string.", "Line number 1.");
 
     /* opaque data tree format print */
     data =