diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index bcb8548b262..25ec62df457 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 			else if(!key)
 				msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] totally catatonic. The stresses of life in deep-space must have been too much for [t_him]. Any recovery is unlikely.</span>\n"
 			else if(!client)
-				msg += "[t_He] [t_has] a vacant, braindead stare...\n"
+				msg += "[t_He] [t_has] a blank, absent-minded stare and appears completely unresponsive to anything. [t_He] may snap out of it soon.\n"
 
 		if(digitalcamo)
 			msg += "[t_He] [t_is] moving [t_his] body in an unnatural and blatantly inhuman manner.\n"
diff --git a/code/modules/power/apc.dm b/code/modules/power/apc.dm
index 32bea04ed43..d57daf709e0 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/apc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/apc.dm
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>There's nothing in [src] to transfer!</span>")
 		return
 	if(!occupier.mind || !occupier.client)
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[occupier] is either inactive, destroyed, or braindead!</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[occupier] is either inactive or destroyed!</span>")
 		return
 	if(!occupier.parent.stat)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[occupier] is refusing all attempts at transfer!</span>" )