diff --git a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
index 946ff7e8ec..3bbcc5f751 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
+++ b/gnucash/gnucash-core-app.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ Gnucash::gnc_load_scm_config (void)
     static auto is_system_config_loaded = false;
     if (!is_system_config_loaded)
     {
-        auto msg = bl::translate ("Loading system scm configuration...").str (gnc_get_boost_locale());
+        /* Translators: Guile is the programming language of the reports */
+        auto msg = bl::translate ("Loading system wide Guile extensions…").str (gnc_get_boost_locale());
         update_message (msg.c_str());
         auto system_config_dir = gnc_path_get_pkgsysconfdir ();
         auto system_config = g_build_filename (system_config_dir, "config", nullptr);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ Gnucash::gnc_load_scm_config (void)
     static auto is_user_config_loaded = false;
     if (!is_user_config_loaded)
     {
-        auto msg = bl::translate ("Loading user scm configuration...").str (gnc_get_boost_locale());
+        auto msg = bl::translate ("Loading user specific Guile extensions…").str (gnc_get_boost_locale());
         update_message (msg.c_str());
         auto config_filename = g_build_filename (gnc_userconfig_dir (), "config-user.scm", nullptr);
         is_user_config_loaded = gfec_try_load (config_filename);