diff --git a/src/mesh/mesh_base.C b/src/mesh/mesh_base.C
index 9c4e8b88e36..8d5bbae2e10 100644
--- a/src/mesh/mesh_base.C
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh_base.C
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ std::string MeshBase::get_info(const unsigned int verbosity /* = 0 */, const boo
               if (verbosity > 1)
                 {
                   this->comm().min(info.bbox.min());
-                  this->comm().min(info.bbox.max());
+                  this->comm().max(info.bbox.max());
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/mesh/poly2tri_triangulator.C b/src/mesh/poly2tri_triangulator.C
index 0120668815d..8c144392103 100644
--- a/src/mesh/poly2tri_triangulator.C
+++ b/src/mesh/poly2tri_triangulator.C
@@ -292,9 +292,12 @@ void Poly2TriTriangulator::triangulate_current_points()
   std::vector<p2t::Point> outer_boundary_points;
   std::vector<std::vector<p2t::Point>> inner_hole_points(n_holes);
 
+  dof_id_type nn = _mesh.max_node_id();
+  libmesh_error_msg_if
+    (!nn, "Poly2TriTriangulator cannot triangulate an empty mesh!");
+
   // Unless we're using an explicit segments list, we assume node ids
   // are contiguous here.
-  dof_id_type nn = _mesh.max_node_id();
   if (this->segments.empty())
     libmesh_error_msg_if
       (_mesh.n_nodes() != nn,
diff --git a/src/mesh/unstructured_mesh.C b/src/mesh/unstructured_mesh.C
index d7b2baddbd1..24de140b0f3 100644
--- a/src/mesh/unstructured_mesh.C
+++ b/src/mesh/unstructured_mesh.C
@@ -1773,6 +1773,11 @@ void UnstructuredMesh::stitching_helper (const MeshBase * other_mesh,
                                          bool enforce_all_nodes_match_on_boundaries,
                                          bool skip_find_neighbors)
 {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+  // We rely on neighbor links here
+  MeshTools::libmesh_assert_valid_neighbors(*this);
+#endif
+
   // FIXME: make distributed mesh support efficient.
   // Yes, we currently suck.
   MeshSerializer serialize(*this);
@@ -1935,9 +1940,13 @@ void UnstructuredMesh::stitching_helper (const MeshBase * other_mesh,
         {
           libMesh::out << "In UnstructuredMesh::stitch_meshes:\n"
                        << "This mesh has "  << this_boundary_node_ids.size()
-                       << " nodes on boundary " << this_mesh_boundary_id  << ".\n"
+                       << " nodes on boundary `"
+                       << this->get_boundary_info().get_sideset_name(this_mesh_boundary_id)
+                       << "' (" << this_mesh_boundary_id  << ").\n"
                        << "Other mesh has " << other_boundary_node_ids.size()
-                       << " nodes on boundary " << other_mesh_boundary_id << ".\n";
+                       << " nodes on boundary `"
+                       << this->get_boundary_info().get_sideset_name(other_mesh_boundary_id)
+                       << "' (" << other_mesh_boundary_id  << ").\n";
 
           if (h_min_updated)
             {