diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
index 101ffe49..9f28c80e 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void falco_engine::read_file(const std::string& filename, std::string& contents)
 	is.open(filename);
 	if (!is.is_open())
 	{
-		throw falco_exception("Could not open " + filename + " for reading.");
+		throw falco_exception("Could not open " + filename + " for reading");
 	}
 
 	contents.assign(istreambuf_iterator<char>(is),
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_requested_paths.cpp b/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_requested_paths.cpp
index 77d73bf5..80ff14cd 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_requested_paths.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_requested_paths.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ application::run_result application::create_requested_paths()
 		std::ifstream reader(m_options.gvisor_config);
 		if (reader.fail())
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal(m_options.gvisor_config + ": cannot open file.");
+			return run_result::fatal(m_options.gvisor_config + ": cannot open file");
 		}
 
 		nlohmann::json parsed_json;
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_signal_handlers.cpp b/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_signal_handlers.cpp
index 46fa1e99..82ca9900 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_signal_handlers.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app_actions/create_signal_handlers.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ application::run_result application::attach_inotify_signals()
 		inot_fd = inotify_init();
 		if (inot_fd == -1)
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal("Could not create inotify handler.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Could not create inotify handler");
 		}
 
 		struct sigaction sa;
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ application::run_result application::attach_inotify_signals()
 		sa.sa_handler = restart_falco;
 		if (sigaction(SIGIO, &sa, NULL) == -1)
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal("Failed to link SIGIO to inotify handler.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Failed to link SIGIO to inotify handler");
 		}
 
 		/* Set owner process that is to receive "I/O possible" signal */
 		if (fcntl(inot_fd, F_SETOWN, getpid()) == -1)
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal("Failed to setting owner on inotify handler.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Failed to setting owner on inotify handler");
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ application::run_result application::attach_inotify_signals()
 		int flags = fcntl(inot_fd, F_GETFL);
 		if (fcntl(inot_fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_ASYNC | O_NONBLOCK) == -1)
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal("Failed to setting flags on inotify handler.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Failed to setting flags on inotify handler");
 		}
 
 		// Watch conf file
 		int wd = inotify_add_watch(inot_fd, m_options.conf_filename.c_str(), IN_CLOSE_WRITE);
 		if (wd == -1)
 		{
-			return run_result::fatal("Failed to watch conf file.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Failed to watch conf file");
 		}
 		falco_logger::log(LOG_DEBUG, "Watching " + m_options.conf_filename +"\n");
 
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app_actions/daemonize.cpp b/userspace/falco/app_actions/daemonize.cpp
index f5ba009f..df6492d5 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app_actions/daemonize.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app_actions/daemonize.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ application::run_result application::daemonize()
 		pid = fork();
 		if (pid < 0) {
 			// error
-			return run_result::fatal("Could not fork.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Could not fork");
 		} else if (pid > 0) {
 			// parent. Write child pid to pidfile and exit
 			std::ofstream pidfile;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ application::run_result application::daemonize()
 		// Become own process group.
 		sid = setsid();
 		if (sid < 0) {
-			return run_result::fatal("Could not set session id.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Could not set session id");
 		}
 
 		// Set umask so no files are world anything or group writable.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ application::run_result application::daemonize()
 
 		// Change working directory to '/'
 		if ((chdir("/")) < 0) {
-			return run_result::fatal("Could not change working directory to '/'.");
+			return run_result::fatal("Could not change working directory to '/'");
 		}
 
 		// Close stdin, stdout, stderr and reopen to /dev/null
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app_actions/open_inspector.cpp b/userspace/falco/app_actions/open_inspector.cpp
index 3c909bad..0a136c8a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app_actions/open_inspector.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app_actions/open_inspector.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ application::run_result application::open_live_inspector(
 			catch(sinsp_exception &e)
 			{
 				// Try to insert the Falco kernel module
-				falco_logger::log(LOG_INFO, "Trying to inject the Kernel module and starting the capture again...");
+				falco_logger::log(LOG_INFO, "Trying to inject the Kernel module and opening the capture again...");
 				if(system("modprobe " DRIVER_NAME " > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"))
 				{
 					falco_logger::log(LOG_ERR, "Unable to load the driver\n");