diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggermanager.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggermanager.cpp
index a90cb2bbfbc96d52da40029cbc9b7f024ce6dbd1..1091b031adf853e3191433c1bddb8270f9b9577d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggermanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggermanager.cpp
@@ -1483,20 +1483,19 @@ void DebuggerManager::showQtDumperLibraryWarning(const QString &details)
     QMessageBox dialog(mainWindow());
     QPushButton *qtPref = dialog.addButton(tr("Open Qt preferences"),
         QMessageBox::ActionRole);
-    QPushButton *helperOff = dialog.addButton(tr("Turn helper usage off"),
+    QPushButton *helperOff = dialog.addButton(tr("Turn off helper usage"),
         QMessageBox::ActionRole);
     QPushButton *justContinue = dialog.addButton(tr("Continue anyway"),
         QMessageBox::AcceptRole);
     dialog.setDefaultButton(justContinue);
     dialog.setWindowTitle(tr("Debugging helper missing"));
-    dialog.setText(tr("The debugger did not find the debugging helper library."));
+    dialog.setText(tr("The debugger could not load the debugging helper library."));
     dialog.setInformativeText(tr(
         "The debugging helper is used to nicely format the values of some Qt "
         "and Standard Library data types. "
-        "It must be compiled for each Qt version which "
-        "you can do in the Qt preferences page by selecting "
-        "a Qt installation and clicking on 'Rebuild' for the debugging "
-        "helper."));
+        "It must be compiled for each used Qt version separately. "
+        "This can be done in the Qt preferences page by selecting a Qt installation "
+        "and clicking on 'Rebuild' in the 'Debugging Helper' row."));
     if (!details.isEmpty())
         dialog.setDetailedText(details);
     dialog.exec();
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 8980ccec8384b0183741596cbe15a566a75a4498..88defc4e9d1f05f1895595e4de3f7b9314879b64 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -3785,7 +3785,7 @@ void GdbEngine::tryLoadDebuggingHelpers()
     const QFileInfo fi(lib);
     if (!fi.exists()) {
         const QString loc = locations.join(QLatin1String(", "));
-        const QString msg = tr("The dumper library was not found at %1.").arg(loc);
+        const QString msg = tr("The debugging helper library was not found at %1.").arg(loc);
         debugMessage(msg);
         manager()->showQtDumperLibraryWarning(msg);
         return;
diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
index 3e18cd43f7d3cb1d78a49a992382062fb0c16210..1e1137694fdc9d95578a29e2426436263d97a06c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/watchutils.cpp
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ void QtDumperHelper::clear()
 QString QtDumperHelper::msgDumperOutdated(double requiredVersion, double currentVersion)
 {
     return QCoreApplication::translate("QtDumperHelper",
-                                       "Found a too-old version of the debugging helper library (%1); version %2 is required.").
+                                       "Found an outdated version of the debugging helper library (%1); version %2 is required.").
                                        arg(currentVersion).arg(requiredVersion);
 }