diff --git a/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90 b/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90
index 8039b4267..bb6c6210d 100644
--- a/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90
+++ b/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ subroutine discretization_grid_init(restart)
                                    PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
                                    z, &                                                             ! domain grid size along z
                                    z_offset)                                                        ! domain grid offset along z
-  if(z==0_C_INTPTR_T) call IO_error(894, ext_msg='invalid number of threads')
+  if(z==0_C_INTPTR_T) call IO_error(894, ext_msg='Cannot distribute MPI processes')
 
   grid3       = int(z)
   grid3Offset = int(z_offset)
diff --git a/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90 b/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
index dcd2c98cb..36ab99e2c 100644
--- a/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ real(pReal) function utilities_divergenceRMS()
   if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
   utilities_divergenceRMS = sqrt(utilities_divergenceRMS) * wgt                                     ! RMS in real space calculated with Parsevals theorem from Fourier space
 
-
 end function utilities_divergenceRMS