diff --git a/gramps/gen/db/exceptions.py b/gramps/gen/db/exceptions.py
index 78f49e0c9..33a40a1f8 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/db/exceptions.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/db/exceptions.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class BsddbUpgradeRequiredError(Exception):
         self.bsddb_version = str(bsddb_version)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return _('The BSDDB version of the Family Tree you are trying to open '
+        return _('The Bsddb version of the Family Tree you are trying to open '
               'needs to be upgraded from %(env_version)s to %(bdb_version)s.\n\n'
               'This probably means that the Family Tree was created with '
               'an old version of Gramps. Opening the tree with this version '
diff --git a/gramps/gui/dbloader.py b/gramps/gui/dbloader.py
index 83fbbd881..0edfff447 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/dbloader.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/dbloader.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class DbLoader(CLIDbLoader):
                         self.dbstate.no_database()
                         break
                 except BsddbUpgradeRequiredError as msg:
-                    if QuestionDialog2(_("Need to upgrade BSDDB database!"), 
+                    if QuestionDialog2(_("Need to upgrade Bsddb database!"), 
                                        str(msg), 
                                        _("I have made a backup, "
                                          "please upgrade my tree"),