diff --git a/lib/installer.php b/lib/installer.php
index dd1485b526..0b71e0bf23 100644
--- a/lib/installer.php
+++ b/lib/installer.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * @author   Tom Adams <tom@holizz.com>
  * @author   Zach Copley <zach@status.net>
  * @copyright 2009-2010 StatusNet, Inc http://status.net
- * @copyright 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
+ * @copyright 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
  * @license  GNU Affero General Public License http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
  * @version  1.0.x
  * @link     http://status.net
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ abstract class Installer
         $fail = false;
 
         if (empty($this->adminNick)) {
-            $this->updateStatus("No initial StatusNet user nickname specified.", true);
+            $this->updateStatus("No initial user nickname specified.", true);
             $fail = true;
         }
         if ($this->adminNick && !preg_match('/^[0-9a-z]{1,64}$/', $this->adminNick)) {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ abstract class Installer
         }
 
         if (empty($this->adminPass)) {
-            $this->updateStatus("No initial StatusNet user password specified.", true);
+            $this->updateStatus("No initial user password specified.", true);
             $fail = true;
         }
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ abstract class Installer
         } else if ($this->dbtype == 'pgsql') {
             $record = $conn->getRow('SHOW server_encoding');
             if ($record->server_encoding != 'UTF8') {
-                $this->updateStatus("StatusNet requires UTF8 character encoding. Your database is ". htmlentities($record->server_encoding));
+                $this->updateStatus("GNU social requires UTF8 character encoding. Your database is ". htmlentities($record->server_encoding));
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ abstract class Installer
 
     /**
      * Create the initial admin user account.
-     * Side effect: may load portions of StatusNet framework.
+     * Side effect: may load portions of GNU social framework.
      * Side effect: outputs program info
      */
     function registerInitialUser()
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ abstract class Installer
                 );
             } else {
                 $this->updateStatus(
-                    "Could not create initial GNU social user.",
+                    "Could not create initial user account.",
                     true
                 );
                 return false;
@@ -637,9 +637,9 @@ abstract class Installer
         $scheme = $this->ssl === 'always' ? 'https' : 'http';
         $link = "{$scheme}://{$this->server}/{$this->path}";
 
-        $this->updateStatus("StatusNet has been installed at $link");
+        $this->updateStatus("GNU social has been installed at $link");
         $this->updateStatus(
-            "<strong>DONE!</strong> You can visit your <a href='$link'>new StatusNet site</a> (login as '$this->adminNick'). If this is your first StatusNet install, you may want to poke around our <a href='http://status.net/wiki/Getting_started'>Getting Started guide</a>."
+            '<strong>DONE!</strong> You can visit your <a href="'.htmlspecialchars($link).'">new GNU social site</a> (log in as "'.htmlspecialchars($this->adminNick).'"). If this is your first GNU social install, make your experience the best possible by visiting our resource site to join the mailing list and <a href="http://gnu.io/resources/">good documentation</a>.'
         );
 
         return true;