diff --git a/includes/database.mysql.inc b/includes/database.mysql.inc
index 365bf22a6a12..41fa9dc9ec7e 100644
--- a/includes/database.mysql.inc
+++ b/includes/database.mysql.inc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function db_connect($url) {
     drupal_set_header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable');
     drupal_set_title('Unable to connect to database server');
     print theme('maintenance_page', '<p>If you still have to install Drupal, proceed to the <a href="'. base_path() .'install.php">installation page</a>.</p>
-<p>If you have already finished installed Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the MySQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
+<p>If you have already finished installing Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the MySQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
 <p>The MySQL error was: '. theme('placeholder', mysql_error()) .'.</p>
 <p>Currently, the username is '. theme('placeholder', $url['user']) .' and the database server is '. theme('placeholder', $url['host']) .'.</p>
 <ul>
diff --git a/includes/database.mysqli.inc b/includes/database.mysqli.inc
index 607da05124e2..0989bd7b16e4 100644
--- a/includes/database.mysqli.inc
+++ b/includes/database.mysqli.inc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function db_connect($url) {
     drupal_set_header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable');
     drupal_set_title('Unable to connect to database server');
     print theme('maintenance_page', '<p>If you still have to install Drupal, proceed to the <a href="'. base_path() .'install.php">installation page</a>.</p>
-<p>If you have already finished installed Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the MySQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
+<p>If you have already finished installing Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the MySQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
 <p>The MySQL error was: '. theme('placeholder', mysqli_error($connection)) .'.</p>
 <p>Currently, the username is '. theme('placeholder', $url['user']) .' and the database server is '. theme('placeholder', $url['host']) .'.</p>
 <ul>
diff --git a/includes/database.pgsql.inc b/includes/database.pgsql.inc
index 71723d84db00..e09c3f349cde 100644
--- a/includes/database.pgsql.inc
+++ b/includes/database.pgsql.inc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function db_connect($url) {
     drupal_set_header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable');
     drupal_set_title('Unable to connect to database');
     print theme('maintenance_page', '<p>If you still have to install Drupal, proceed to the <a href="'. base_path() .'install.php">installation page</a>.</p>
-<p>If you have already finished installed Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the PostgreSQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
+<p>If you have already finished installing Drupal, this either means that the username and password information in your <code>settings.php</code> file is incorrect or that we can\'t connect to the PostgreSQL database server. This could mean your hosting provider\'s database server is down.</p>
 <p>The PostgreSQL error was: '. theme('placeholder', decode_entities($php_errormsg)) .'</p>
 <p>Currently, the database is '. theme('placeholder', substr($url['path'], 1)) .', the username is '. theme('placeholder', $url['user']) .', and the database server is '. theme('placeholder', $url['host']) .'.</p>
 <ul>