diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index b3dd9ca821..12060fa2ee 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\ssqlite3_backup_init()\sinterface\smust\slock\sthe\sdestination\sin\scase\sit\nneeds\sto\schange\sthe\serror\smessage.\s(CVS\s6255)
-D 2009-02-04T16:56:19
+C Simplify\swording\sof\sbackup\sAPI\serror\smessage.\s\sDecapitalize\ssome\sother\nerror\smessages.\s(CVS\s6256)
+D 2009-02-04T17:40:58
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc fcd5e9cd67fe88836360bb4f9ef4cb7f8e2fb5a0
 F Makefile.in c7a5a30fb6852bd7839b1024e1661da8549878ee
 F Makefile.linux-gcc d53183f4aa6a9192d249731c90dbdffbd2c68654
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ F src/alter.c 0ec29744c36c6e976596ce38c16289ebc5dc94db
 F src/analyze.c c86fd6a1425b22b3a46ce72ad403e4280026364f
 F src/attach.c 81d37d1948f409146a7b22b96998fd90649d1fd3
 F src/auth.c c8b2ab5c8bad4bd90ed7c294694f48269162c627
-F src/backup.c 2419ac3abf57714fbdd5e3cfaaf278ae727d1ced
+F src/backup.c 12cd9a55b9188c21ae2dd466436e1f2b78b71fa2
 F src/bitvec.c 44f7059ac1f874d364b34af31b9617e52223ba75
 F src/btmutex.c 63c5cc4ad5715690767ffcb741e185d7bc35ec1a
 F src/btree.c 71f30e74389aa7ae51421592dfaf69511152677c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ F src/insert.c f6db1e6f43aae337e64a755208abb6ff124edc19
 F src/journal.c e00df0c0da8413ab6e1bb7d7cab5665d4a9000d0
 F src/legacy.c 8b3b95d48d202614946d7ce7256e7ba898905c3b
 F src/loadext.c 3f96631089fc4f3871a67f02f2e4fc7ea4d51edc
-F src/main.c abc8351627679bcf95ddc0539360ee93c00ac8cc
+F src/main.c 75e0ec759987984d54b1fe1c75d621f533d9f46c
 F src/malloc.c bc408056b126db37b6fba00e170d578cc67be6b3
 F src/mem0.c f2f84062d1f35814d6535c9f9e33de3bfb3b132c
 F src/mem1.c 3bfb39e4f60b0179713a7c087b2d4f0dc205735f
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ F test/autoinc.test ab549b48b389cabd92967b86c379ec8b31fa6c16
 F test/autovacuum.test 61260e25744189ff766f61ca3df23c1eeec0060e
 F test/autovacuum_ioerr2.test 598b0663074d3673a9c1bc9a16e80971313bafe6
 F test/avtrans.test 1e901d8102706b63534dbd2bdd4d8f16c4082650
-F test/backup.test bd478dd20a092a99d98943dee9d92d69823a6820
+F test/backup.test 3683d4d3d04e4db6ebba6a4dc9b9d882c3d03bff
 F test/backup_ioerr.test 2edd5e347e263733cae8c08f41bf3dbd7277b33d
 F test/backup_malloc.test 471fb098dae228ca840d4d51e41481901ac03578
 F test/badutf.test d5360fc31f643d37a973ab0d8b4fb85799c3169f
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ F test/savepoint3.test 5b76f93ffcb5c53bd6ec68e9d57d3b535936c45e
 F test/savepoint4.test fd8850063e3c40565545f5c291e7f79a30591670
 F test/savepoint5.test 0735db177e0ebbaedc39812c8d065075d563c4fd
 F test/savepoint6.test e28f7d8ab8a389d4e5bd1dc08bf2c3312754cc67
-F test/schema.test a8b000723375fd42c68d310091bdbd744fde647c
-F test/schema2.test 35e1c9696443d6694c8980c411497c2b5190d32e
+F test/schema.test deafe5472099ab5bc65748059dc5182fc8ebad74
+F test/schema2.test 906408621ea881fdb496d878b1822572a34e32c5
 F test/select1.test d0a4cad954fd41c030ec16ffbd2d08a4c0548742
 F test/select2.test 9735da20ccd41e42bf2b4c19fd939141b591adae
 F test/select3.test 2ce595f8fb8e2ac10071d3b4e424cadd4634a054
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ F tool/speedtest16.c c8a9c793df96db7e4933f0852abb7a03d48f2e81
 F tool/speedtest2.tcl ee2149167303ba8e95af97873c575c3e0fab58ff
 F tool/speedtest8.c 2902c46588c40b55661e471d7a86e4dd71a18224
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
-P 03ea9e591337a3c442080ee7cd01cc4ee85c1357
-R 81020b5e1a4ee3bdeda98e63cca69bd3
+P 572378d3a29c7d55fa4a15df14800c26d6c563a1
+R 0f34db2e5d0b116ed8002ee3600103a1
 U drh
-Z d9fd2e5280186fa7e77fcf315dea28ee
+Z 549e649197447ad11fb6af43a27190a2
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index ae318a40f4..3e384d6a1e 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-572378d3a29c7d55fa4a15df14800c26d6c563a1
\ No newline at end of file
+f92405afb649b698b735b423cd9195d4f8f137c9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backup.c b/src/backup.c
index d3ffae1889..26299b9e0d 100644
--- a/src/backup.c
+++ b/src/backup.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains the implementation of the sqlite3_backup_XXX() 
 ** API functions and the related features.
 **
-** $Id: backup.c,v 1.6 2009/02/04 16:56:19 drh Exp $
+** $Id: backup.c,v 1.7 2009/02/04 17:40:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "btreeInt.h"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ sqlite3_backup *sqlite3_backup_init(
 
   if( pSrcDb==pDestDb ){
     sqlite3Error(
-        pDestDb, SQLITE_ERROR, "Source and destination handles must be distinct"
+        pDestDb, SQLITE_ERROR, "source and destination must be distinct"
     );
     p = 0;
   }else {
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 31acd559f3..72a601d74f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ** other files are for internal use by SQLite and should not be
 ** accessed by users of the library.
 **
-** $Id: main.c,v 1.526 2009/02/04 03:59:25 shane Exp $
+** $Id: main.c,v 1.527 2009/02/04 17:40:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ int sqlite3_close(sqlite3 *db){
   /* If there are any outstanding VMs, return SQLITE_BUSY. */
   if( db->pVdbe ){
     sqlite3Error(db, SQLITE_BUSY, 
-        "Unable to close due to unfinalised statements");
+        "unable to close due to unfinalised statements");
     sqlite3_mutex_leave(db->mutex);
     return SQLITE_BUSY;
   }
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ int sqlite3_close(sqlite3 *db){
     Btree *pBt = db->aDb[j].pBt;
     if( pBt && sqlite3BtreeIsInBackup(pBt) ){
       sqlite3Error(db, SQLITE_BUSY, 
-          "Unable to close due to unfinished backup operation");
+          "unable to close due to unfinished backup operation");
       sqlite3_mutex_leave(db->mutex);
       return SQLITE_BUSY;
     }
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ int sqlite3CreateFunc(
   if( p && p->iPrefEnc==enc && p->nArg==nArg ){
     if( db->activeVdbeCnt ){
       sqlite3Error(db, SQLITE_BUSY, 
-        "Unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements");
+        "unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements");
       assert( !db->mallocFailed );
       return SQLITE_BUSY;
     }else{
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ static int createCollation(
   if( pColl && pColl->xCmp ){
     if( db->activeVdbeCnt ){
       sqlite3Error(db, SQLITE_BUSY, 
-        "Unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements");
+        "unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements");
       return SQLITE_BUSY;
     }
     sqlite3ExpirePreparedStatements(db);
diff --git a/test/backup.test b/test/backup.test
index 92eadf3f18..aff4d5d9c4 100644
--- a/test/backup.test
+++ b/test/backup.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing the sqlite3_backup_XXX API.
 #
-# $Id: backup.test,v 1.1 2009/02/03 16:51:25 danielk1977 Exp $
+# $Id: backup.test,v 1.2 2009/02/04 17:40:58 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ do_test backup-4.3.2 {
 } {SQLITE_BUSY}
 do_test backup-4.3.3 {
   sqlite3_errmsg db2
-} {Unable to close due to unfinished backup operation}
+} {unable to close due to unfinished backup operation}
 do_test backup-4.3.4 {
   B step 50
 } {SQLITE_DONE}
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ do_test backup-4.3.5 {
 do_test backup-4.4.1 {
   set rc [catch {sqlite3_backup B db main db aux1}]
   list $rc [sqlite3_errcode db] [sqlite3_errmsg db]
-} {1 SQLITE_ERROR {Source and destination handles must be distinct}}
+} {1 SQLITE_ERROR {source and destination must be distinct}}
 db close
 db2 close
 
diff --git a/test/schema.test b/test/schema.test
index 25779a1f81..66a5958384 100644
--- a/test/schema.test
+++ b/test/schema.test
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # This file tests the various conditions under which an SQLITE_SCHEMA
 # error should be returned.
 #
-# $Id: schema.test,v 1.8 2007/10/09 08:29:33 danielk1977 Exp $
+# $Id: schema.test,v 1.9 2009/02/04 17:40:58 drh Exp $
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # When any of the following types of SQL statements or actions are 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ do_test schema-11.3 {
     db function tstfunc {}
   } msg]
   list $rc $msg
-} {1 {Unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements}}
+} {1 {unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements}}
 do_test schema-11.4 {
   sqlite3_finalize $::STMT
 } {SQLITE_OK}
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ do_test schema-11.7 {
     db collate tstcollate {}
   } msg]
   list $rc $msg
-} {1 {Unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements}}
+} {1 {unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements}}
 do_test schema-11.8 {
   sqlite3_finalize $::STMT
 } {SQLITE_OK}
diff --git a/test/schema2.test b/test/schema2.test
index 63e58a0a03..61d7f731d3 100644
--- a/test/schema2.test
+++ b/test/schema2.test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # error should be returned.  This is a copy of schema.test that
 # has been altered to use sqlite3_prepare_v2 instead of sqlite3_prepare
 #
-# $Id: schema2.test,v 1.3 2007/10/09 08:29:33 danielk1977 Exp $
+# $Id: schema2.test,v 1.4 2009/02/04 17:40:58 drh Exp $
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # When any of the following types of SQL statements or actions are 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ do_test schema2-11.3 {
     db function tstfunc {}
   } msg]
   list $rc $msg
-} {1 {Unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements}}
+} {1 {unable to delete/modify user-function due to active statements}}
 do_test schema2-11.4 {
   sqlite3_finalize $::STMT
 } {SQLITE_OK}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ do_test schema2-11.7 {
     db collate tstcollate {}
   } msg]
   list $rc $msg
-} {1 {Unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements}}
+} {1 {unable to delete/modify collation sequence due to active statements}}
 do_test schema2-11.8 {
   sqlite3_finalize $::STMT
 } {SQLITE_OK}