diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPlugin.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPlugin.java
index a184257cf299be4b51fec81ffdcd291a2732f379..0a0bb09647fbe097bb81004c6e286950b5cf5fc3 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPlugin.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPlugin.java
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ public class DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPlugin implements IPr
             if (existsInFS)
             {
                 return "'" + getPath()
-                        + "' exists in the file system but doesn't exist in the path info database";
+                        + "' exists on the file system but doesn't exist in the path info database";
             } else
             {
                 return "'" + getPath()
-                        + "' exists in the path info database but doesn't exist in the file system";
+                        + "' exists in the path info database but doesn't exist on the file system";
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest.java
index d467774e272727eb17a0c0a5e228dd6851f98c3e..257b34078ceba9c90977cc2044b27567411540ab 100644
--- a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest.java
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/generic/server/plugins/standard/DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest extends
                                         + "Differences found:\n\n"
                                         + "Data set ds-1:\n"
                                         + "- 'targets/unit-test-wd/ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.plugins.standard.DataSetAndPathInfoDBConsistencyCheckProcessingPluginTest' "
-                                        + "exists in the path info database but doesn't exist in the file system\n\n";
+                                        + "exists in the path info database but doesn't exist on the file system\n\n";
 
                     } else
                     {