diff --git a/cccli/commands/list.py b/cccli/commands/list.py
index 637a1c1127584b91740976b74c1d9487ce54c78f..4125ca98d2f65899ea134a03a8d320a190cf984c 100644
--- a/cccli/commands/list.py
+++ b/cccli/commands/list.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Command_list(TqlCommand):
         # compute index width
         indexw = max(int(math.log10(len(objs["objects"]))+1), len("index "))
         if size_id + indexw >= term_width:
-            raise cmdError("term width is too small")
+            raise cmdError("Term width is too small")
         # build initial print order
         order = [ t for t in objs.get("order", []) if t in tags ]
         order.extend(sorted(set(tags.keys()) - set(order)))
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Command_list(TqlCommand):
         # check if the line width is not too small for this kind of listing,
         # 10 seem to be a good minimum value:
         if term_width < 10:
-            raise cmdError("term width is too small")
+            raise cmdError("Term width is too small")
         # remove ignored tags
         for tag in self.options.ignore:
             if tag in objs["order"]:
diff --git a/cccli/commands/shell.py b/cccli/commands/shell.py
index b2f9adbd0f1a8f1bd2f8d70cb8913f147bcd2537..1e8424f6d0bb0998e881dca1f5b50753a8426e04 100644
--- a/cccli/commands/shell.py
+++ b/cccli/commands/shell.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Command_history(Command):
         if len(argv) != 1:
             raise cmdBadArgument()
         if not self.printer.history:
-            raise cmdError("not available")
+            raise cmdError("Not available")
         for l in self.printer.history:
             self.printer.out(l)