diff --git a/lparser.c b/lparser.c
index 53aabca6..d4cbf181 100644
--- a/lparser.c
+++ b/lparser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lparser.c,v 1.132 2001/02/09 20:22:29 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lparser.c,v 1.133 2001/02/14 17:19:28 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** LL(1) Parser and code generator for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static int search_local (LexState *ls, TString *n, expdesc *var) {
 static void singlevar (LexState *ls, TString *n, expdesc *var) {
   int level = search_local(ls, n, var);
   if (level >= 1)  /* neither local (0) nor global (-1)? */
-    luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "cannot access a variable in outer scope", getstr(n));
+    luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "cannot access a variable in outer function",
+                         getstr(n));
   else if (level == -1)  /* global? */
     var->u.index = string_constant(ls->fs, n);
 }
@@ -238,9 +239,10 @@ static void pushupvalue (LexState *ls, TString *n) {
       luaX_syntaxerror(ls, "cannot access an upvalue at top level", getstr(n));
     v.u.index = string_constant(fs->prev, n);
   }
-  else if (level != 1)
+  else if (level != 1) {
     luaX_syntaxerror(ls,
-      "upvalue must be global or local to immediately outer scope", getstr(n));
+    "upvalue must be global or local to immediately outer function", getstr(n));
+  }
   luaK_code1(fs, OP_PUSHUPVALUE, indexupvalue(ls, &v));
 }