diff --git a/account/mksyscert.in b/account/mksyscert.in
index a0c9ccc9a691945b7c1b1d073ce8a4633d43908e..30a709e528969f65676f5ebad1c2aab4f3fa6464 100755
--- a/account/mksyscert.in
+++ b/account/mksyscert.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2000-2020 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2000-2023 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ if ($debug) {
 }
 if ($days > $daystoexpire) {
     $days = $daystoexpire - 1;
-    print "Shortening certificate expiration to $days\n";
+    print "Shortening certificate expiration to $days days\n";
 }
     
 system("$OPENSSL ca -batch -policy policy_sslxmlrpc -startdate $startdate ".
diff --git a/account/mkusercert.in b/account/mkusercert.in
index 8355f243e144bce6d414c23ec3ec791828a11529..d673081c784dcbd8f37ecb5125807bf2fc4e6326 100755
--- a/account/mkusercert.in
+++ b/account/mkusercert.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -wT
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2000-2020, 2022 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2000-2023 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ sub CreateNewCert() {
     }
     if ($days > $daystoexpire) {
 	$days = $daystoexpire - 1;
-	print "Shortening certificate expiration to $days\n";
+	print "Shortening certificate expiration to $days days\n";
     }
     
     #