diff --git a/code/modules/defenses/defenses.dm b/code/modules/defenses/defenses.dm
index b5e5cdf55766..672c76b67ea0 100644
--- a/code/modules/defenses/defenses.dm
+++ b/code/modules/defenses/defenses.dm
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	if(ishuman(user))
 		message += SPAN_INFO("A multitool can be used to disassemble it.")
 		message += "\n"
-		message += SPAN_INFO("The turret is currently [locked? "locked" : "unlocked"] to non-engineers.")
+		message += SPAN_INFO("It is currently [locked? "locked" : "unlocked"] to non-engineers.")
 		message += "\n"
 		message += SPAN_INFO("It has [SPAN_HELPFUL("[health]/[health_max]")] health.")
 	message += "\n"
diff --git a/code/modules/defenses/sentry.dm b/code/modules/defenses/sentry.dm
index cf220ea1bc7b..907517689465 100644
--- a/code/modules/defenses/sentry.dm
+++ b/code/modules/defenses/sentry.dm
@@ -565,13 +565,13 @@
 	. = ..()
 	switch(battery_state)
 		if(TURRET_BATTERY_STATE_OK)
-			. += "Its battery indictor is green, fully charged."
+			. += SPAN_INFO("Its battery indictor is green, fully charged.")
 		if(TURRET_BATTERY_STATE_LOW)
-			. += "Its battery indictor is flashing yellow."
+			. += SPAN_INFO("Its battery indictor is flashing yellow.")
 		if(TURRET_BATTERY_STATE_CRITICAL)
-			. += "Its battery indictor is flashing red."
+			. += SPAN_INFO("Its battery indictor is flashing red.")
 		if(TURRET_BATTERY_STATE_DEAD)
-			. += "It appears to be offline."
+			. += SPAN_INFO("It appears to be offline.")
 
 /obj/structure/machinery/defenses/sentry/premade/deployable/colony/landing_zone/proc/set_battery_state(state)
 	battery_state = state