diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ccff568a69..ef56e33685 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Changes with Apache 2.1.0-dev
 
   [Remove entries to the current 2.0 section below, when backported]
 
+  *) mod_ldap: fix a bogus error message to tell the user which file
+     is causing a potential problem with the LDAP shared memory cache.
+     PR 31431 [Graham Leggett]
+
   *) mod_ldap: prevent the possiblity of an infinite loop in the LDAP
      statistics display. PR 29216 [Graham Leggett]
 
diff --git a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
index 238ad28e69..19fed12d67 100644
--- a/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
+++ b/modules/ldap/util_ldap.c
@@ -1276,12 +1276,15 @@ static void util_ldap_child_init(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s)
 
     sts = apr_global_mutex_child_init(&st->util_ldap_cache_lock, st->lock_file, p);
     if (sts != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, sts, s, "failed to init caching lock in child process");
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, sts, s,
+                     "Failed to initialise global mutex %s in child process %d.",
+                     st->lock_file, getpid());
         return;
     }
     else {
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG|APLOG_NOERRNO, 0, s, 
-                     "INIT global mutex %s in child %d ", st->lock_file, getpid());
+                     "Initialisation of global mutex %s in child process %d successful.",
+                     st->lock_file, getpid());
     }
 }