diff --git a/Geo/GModel.h b/Geo/GModel.h
index 3c4d4fe0c69cf943b80dcfd487ba0c2617b59476..19781f713800d249f79f4d4a27771273bea6933c 100644
--- a/Geo/GModel.h
+++ b/Geo/GModel.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class GModel
   int readMESH(const std::string &name);
   int writeMESH(const std::string &name, double scalingFactor=1.0);
 
-  // IO for Nastran Bulk Data File free format (with comma separator)
+  // IO for Nastran Bulk Data File format (free field with comma separator)
   int readBDF(const std::string &name);
   int writeBDF(const std::string &name, double scalingFactor=1.0);
 
diff --git a/Geo/GModelIO.cpp b/Geo/GModelIO.cpp
index 8d3f28ecdcf2bf09149507530168e153f30bf466..3a1ad70efc82bb9ab6fbd864abd7252e7268ba5a 100644
--- a/Geo/GModelIO.cpp
+++ b/Geo/GModelIO.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: GModelIO.cpp,v 1.34 2006-09-01 01:31:52 geuzaine Exp $
+// $Id: GModelIO.cpp,v 1.35 2006-09-01 01:34:27 geuzaine Exp $
 //
 // Copyright (C) 1997-2006 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 //
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ int GModel::readBDF(const std::string &name)
 	  }
 	}
 	if(!comma){
-	  Msg(GERROR, "BDF reader only accepts comma-separated free format files");
+	  Msg(GERROR, "BDF reader only accepts free field format, comma separated");
 	  break;
 	}
       }