diff --git a/maven-scm-client/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/client/cli/MavenScmCli.java b/maven-scm-client/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/client/cli/MavenScmCli.java
index 66a281eaa..0f1b33c23 100644
--- a/maven-scm-client/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/client/cli/MavenScmCli.java
+++ b/maven-scm-client/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/client/cli/MavenScmCli.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public static void main( String[] args )
         }
         catch ( Exception ex )
         {
-            System.err.println( "Error while starting Maven Scm." );
+            System.err.println( "Error while starting Maven SCM." );
 
             ex.printStackTrace( System.err );
 
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/HgConfig.java b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/HgConfig.java
index 8ed87a34e..665b54e67 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/HgConfig.java
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/HgConfig.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class HgConfig
     private static final String HG_REQ = "0.9.2";
 
     // The string which indicates the beginning of the Mercurial line
-    private static final String HG_VERSION_TAG = "ercurial Distributed SCM (version ";
+    private static final String HG_VERSION_TAG = "Mercurial Distributed SCM (version ";
 
     // URL to download mercurial from
     private static final String HG_INSTALL_URL = "'http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/Download'";
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private boolean isComplete()
     public static HgVersionConsumer getHgVersion( File workingDir )
         throws ScmException
     {
-        String[] versionCmd = new String[]{HgCommandConstants.VERSION};
+        String[] versionCmd = new String[]{ HgCommandConstants.VERSION };
         HgVersionConsumer consumer = new HgVersionConsumer( HG_VERSION_TAG );
         Commandline cmd = HgUtils.buildCmd( workingDir, versionCmd );
 
@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ public String toString( File workingDir )
         return "\n  Your Hg installation seems to be " + getInstalledStr() + "\n    Hg version: "
             + hgVersion.getVersion() + ( hgOk ? " (OK)" : " (May be INVALID)" ) + "\n";
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}