diff --git a/src/core/components/layouts/base.jsx b/src/core/components/layouts/base.jsx
index 47f94c1a..235366f7 100644
--- a/src/core/components/layouts/base.jsx
+++ b/src/core/components/layouts/base.jsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default class BaseLayout extends React.Component {
       if(isLoading) {
         loadingMessage = <div className="loading"></div>
       } else {
-        loadingMessage = <h4>No spec provided.</h4>
+        loadingMessage = <h4>No API definition provided.</h4>
       }
 
       return <div className="swagger-ui">
diff --git a/src/standalone/layout.jsx b/src/standalone/layout.jsx
index 9ad2aace..30e46ccc 100644
--- a/src/standalone/layout.jsx
+++ b/src/standalone/layout.jsx
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ export default class StandaloneLayout extends React.Component {
         { loadingStatus === "failed" &&
           <div className="info">
             <div className="loading-container">
-              <h4 className="title">Failed to load spec.</h4>
+              <h4 className="title">Failed to load API definition.</h4>
             </div>
           </div>
         }
         { loadingStatus === "failedConfig" &&
           <div className="info" style={{ maxWidth: "880px", marginLeft: "auto", marginRight: "auto", textAlign: "center" }}>
-            <h4 className="title">Failed to load config.</h4>
+            <h4 className="title">Failed to load remote configuration.</h4>
           </div>
         }
         { !loadingStatus || loadingStatus === "success" && <BaseLayout /> }