diff --git a/src/common/kernel/battle.c b/src/common/kernel/battle.c
index 13e940623..50d9f977c 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/battle.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/battle.c
@@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ print_header(battle * b)
     if (lastf) strcat(buf, lastf);
     strcat(buf, ".");
 
-    m = msg_message("battle::header", "factions", buf);
+    m = msg_message("battle::starters", "factions", buf);
     message_faction(b, f, m);
     msg_release(m);
   }
diff --git a/src/res/messages.xml b/src/res/messages.xml
index c7fb761c4..c144dafaa 100644
--- a/src/res/messages.xml
+++ b/src/res/messages.xml
@@ -6312,7 +6312,7 @@
     <text locale="fr">"The wormhole in $region($region) disappears."</text>
     <text locale="en">"The wormhole in $region($region) disappears."</text>
   </message>
-  <message name="battle::header" section="battle">
+  <message name="battle::starters" section="battle">
     <type>
       <arg name="factions" type="string"/>
     </type>
@@ -6404,8 +6404,8 @@
       <arg name="spell" type="spell"/>
       <arg name="effect" type="string"/>
     </type>
-    <text locale="de">"$unit($mage) zaubert $spell($spell)$if(strlen($effect),": $effect")."</text>
-    <text locale="en">"$unit($mage) casts $spell($spell)$if(strlen($effect),": $effect")."</text>
+    <text locale="de">"$unit($mage) zaubert $spell($spell)$if(strlen($effect),": $effect","")."</text>
+    <text locale="en">"$unit($mage) casts $spell($spell)$if(strlen($effect),": $effect","")."</text>
   </message>
   <message name="battle::killed" section="battle">
     <type>