diff --git a/perf/local_thr.cpp b/perf/local_thr.cpp
index 54de9498..016826bc 100644
--- a/perf/local_thr.cpp
+++ b/perf/local_thr.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv [])
 
     ctx = zmq_init (1);
     if (!ctx) {
-        printf ("error in zmq_send: %s\n", zmq_strerror (errno));
+        printf ("error in zmq_init: %s\n", zmq_strerror (errno));
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/perf/remote_thr.cpp b/perf/remote_thr.cpp
index c0ad9df7..1e696010 100644
--- a/perf/remote_thr.cpp
+++ b/perf/remote_thr.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv [])
 
     ctx = zmq_init (1);
     if (!ctx) {
-        printf ("error in zmq_recv: %s\n", zmq_strerror (errno));
+        printf ("error in zmq_init: %s\n", zmq_strerror (errno));
         return -1;
     }