diff --git a/command/alloc_status.go b/command/alloc_status.go
index 361681768..cd53d79ac 100644
--- a/command/alloc_status.go
+++ b/command/alloc_status.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *AllocStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 					alloc.DesiredStatus,
 					alloc.ClientStatus)
 			}
-			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired allocation\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple allocations\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 			return 0
 		}
 		// Prefix lookup matched a single allocation
diff --git a/command/monitor.go b/command/monitor.go
index cb1de5e5a..4b72e2c8a 100644
--- a/command/monitor.go
+++ b/command/monitor.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (m *monitor) monitor(evalID string) int {
 						eval.TriggeredBy,
 						eval.Status)
 				}
-				m.ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired evaluation\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+				m.ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple evaluations\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 				return 0
 			}
 			// Prefix lookup matched a single evaluation
diff --git a/command/node_drain.go b/command/node_drain.go
index 4a0a696ec..fea900228 100644
--- a/command/node_drain.go
+++ b/command/node_drain.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (c *NodeDrainCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 					node.Status)
 			}
 			// Dump the output
-			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired node\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple nodes\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 			return 0
 		}
 		// Prefix lookup matched a single node
diff --git a/command/node_status.go b/command/node_status.go
index fd29f2335..6b7b68e57 100644
--- a/command/node_status.go
+++ b/command/node_status.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (c *NodeStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 					node.Status)
 			}
 			// Dump the output
-			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired node\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple nodes\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 			return 0
 		}
 		// Prefix lookup matched a single node
diff --git a/command/status.go b/command/status.go
index cbfdefc6d..75e2161d6 100644
--- a/command/status.go
+++ b/command/status.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (c *StatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 					job.Priority,
 					job.Status)
 			}
-			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired job\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple jobs\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 			return 0
 		}
 		// Prefix lookup matched a single job
diff --git a/command/stop.go b/command/stop.go
index a309dd26a..b24805a42 100644
--- a/command/stop.go
+++ b/command/stop.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (c *StopCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 					job.Priority,
 					job.Status)
 			}
-			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Please disambiguate the desired job\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
+			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple jobs\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
 			return 0
 		}
 		// Prefix lookup matched a single job