diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/MetadataImportInvalidHeadingException.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/MetadataImportInvalidHeadingException.java
index 0ee4980909..29e3155a22 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/MetadataImportInvalidHeadingException.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/MetadataImportInvalidHeadingException.java
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ public class MetadataImportInvalidHeadingException extends Exception
     {
         if (type == SCHEMA)
         {
-            return "Unknown metadata schema in row " + column + ": " + badHeading;
+            return "Unknown metadata schema in column " + column + ": " + badHeading;
         } else if (type == ELEMENT)
         {
-            return "Unknown metadata element in row " + column + ": " + badHeading;
+            return "Unknown metadata element in column " + column + ": " + badHeading;
         } else if (type == MISSING)
         {
-            return "Row with missing header: Row " + column;
+            return "Row with missing header: column " + column;
         } else
         {
-            return "Bad metadata declaration in row " + column + ": " + badHeading;
+            return "Bad metadata declaration in column" + column + ": " + badHeading;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/DSpaceCSVTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/DSpaceCSVTest.java
index c6c7549eef..0ad1609db1 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/DSpaceCSVTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/bulkedit/DSpaceCSVTest.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class DSpaceCSVTest extends AbstractUnitTest
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                assertThat("testDSpaceCSV Bad heading CSV", e.getMessage(), equalTo("Unknown metadata element in row 4: dc.contributor.foobar"));
+                assertThat("testDSpaceCSV Bad heading CSV", e.getMessage(), equalTo("Unknown metadata element in column 4: dc.contributor.foobar"));
             }
             lines = dcsv.getCSVLinesAsStringArray();
             assertThat("testDSpaceCSV Good CSV", lines.length, equalTo(7));
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class DSpaceCSVTest extends AbstractUnitTest
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                assertThat("testDSpaceCSV Bad heading CSV", e.getMessage(), equalTo("Unknown metadata schema in row 3: dcdc.title"));
+                assertThat("testDSpaceCSV Bad heading CSV", e.getMessage(), equalTo("Unknown metadata schema in column 3: dcdc.title"));
             }
 
             // Delete the test file