diff --git a/certbot/cert_manager.py b/certbot/cert_manager.py
index d1205835a..771ca8caf 100644
--- a/certbot/cert_manager.py
+++ b/certbot/cert_manager.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def _describe_certs(config, parsed_certs, parse_failures):
             notify("Found the following {0}certs:".format(match))
             notify(_report_human_readable(config, parsed_certs))
         if parse_failures:
-            notify("\nThe following renewal configuration files "
+            notify("\nThe following renewal configurations "
                "were invalid:")
             notify(_report_lines(parse_failures))
 
diff --git a/certbot/renewal.py b/certbot/renewal.py
index f50131028..ecc8b1f2f 100644
--- a/certbot/renewal.py
+++ b/certbot/renewal.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def _renew_describe_results(config, renew_successes, renew_failures,
         notify_error(report(renew_failures, "failure"))
 
     if parse_failures:
-        notify("\nAdditionally, the following renewal configuration files "
+        notify("\nAdditionally, the following renewal configurations "
                "were invalid: ")
         notify(report(parse_failures, "parsefail"))