diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp
index debddbce6da5a07f11309dce333ccb1ab503921d..dccc5214fed1ea6d1afb87da70a6b0da3b847806 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/collectorPolicy.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void GenCollectorPolicy::initialize_flags() {
     vm_exit_during_initialization("Too small new size specified");
   }
   if (SurvivorRatio < 1 || NewRatio < 1) {
-    vm_exit_during_initialization("Invalid heap ratio specified");
+    vm_exit_during_initialization("Invalid young gen ratio specified");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 10aaededfd922cc8260f72859656f19805ae520e..e4c6130f884d6e4d17de0b3b45ddde7a7c9eaa5e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -2647,16 +2647,16 @@ jint Arguments::parse_each_vm_init_arg(const JavaVMInitArgs* args,
       FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(bool, BackgroundCompilation, false);
     // -Xmn for compatibility with other JVM vendors
     } else if (match_option(option, "-Xmn", &tail)) {
-      julong long_initial_eden_size = 0;
-      ArgsRange errcode = parse_memory_size(tail, &long_initial_eden_size, 1);
+      julong long_initial_young_size = 0;
+      ArgsRange errcode = parse_memory_size(tail, &long_initial_young_size, 1);
       if (errcode != arg_in_range) {
         jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
-                    "Invalid initial eden size: %s\n", option->optionString);
+                    "Invalid initial young generation size: %s\n", option->optionString);
         describe_range_error(errcode);
         return JNI_EINVAL;
       }
-      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxNewSize, (uintx)long_initial_eden_size);
-      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, NewSize, (uintx)long_initial_eden_size);
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, MaxNewSize, (uintx)long_initial_young_size);
+      FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(uintx, NewSize, (uintx)long_initial_young_size);
     // -Xms
     } else if (match_option(option, "-Xms", &tail)) {
       julong long_initial_heap_size = 0;