diff --git a/jOOQ-checker/src/main/java/org/jooq/checker/AbstractChecker.java b/jOOQ-checker/src/main/java/org/jooq/checker/AbstractChecker.java
index f174fb992b..2b9e2a1ce5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-checker/src/main/java/org/jooq/checker/AbstractChecker.java
+++ b/jOOQ-checker/src/main/java/org/jooq/checker/AbstractChecker.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ abstract class AbstractChecker extends SourceChecker {
     static void print(Printer printer) {
         try (PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("error.txt"))){
             writer.println("This is probably a bug in jOOQ-checker.");
-            writer.println("Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new");
+            writer.println("If you think this is a bug in jOOQ, please report it here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new");
             writer.println("---------------------------------------------------------------------");
 
             printer.print(writer);
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
index a46d633458..60d2d1288c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
                             "Slow SQL",
                             "jOOQ Meta executed a slow query (slower than " + s + " seconds, configured by configuration/generator/database/logSlowQueriesAfterSeconds)"
                           + "\n\n"
-                          + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
+                          + "If you think this is a bug in jOOQ, please report it here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
                           + formatted(ctx.query())
                           + "```\n",
                             new SQLPerformanceWarning());
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
                       ? ctx.exception().getMessage()
                       : "No exception available")
                       + "\n\n"
-                      + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
+                      + "If you think this is a bug in jOOQ, please report it here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
                       + formatted(ctx.query())
                       + "```\n");
                 }