diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
index 8dc8239ca5..c77c3bf10e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public class DCInputsReader {
         }
         // sanity check number of fields
         if (fields.size() < 1) {
-            throw new DCInputsReaderException("Form " + formName + "row " + rowIdx + " has no fields");
+            throw new DCInputsReaderException("Form " + formName + ", row " + rowIdx + " has no fields");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/utils/DiscoverQueryBuilder.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/utils/DiscoverQueryBuilder.java
index 92a973dff8..b816e22253 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/utils/DiscoverQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/utils/DiscoverQueryBuilder.java
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class DiscoverQueryBuilder implements InitializingBean {
 
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(sortBy) && !isConfigured(sortBy, searchSortConfiguration)) {
             throw new SearchServiceException(
-                    "The field: " + sortBy + "is not configured for the configuration!");
+                    "The field: " + sortBy + " is not configured for the configuration!");
         }