diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index d10db43..21d1ea5 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -6416,12 +6416,11 @@ sub nic_freemyip_update {
     debug("\nnic_freemyip_update -------------------");
     for my $h (@_) {
         my $ip = delete $config{$h}{'wantip'};
-        info("setting IP address to %s for %s", $ip, $h);
-        verbose("UPDATE:", "updating %s", $h);
+        info("$h: setting IP address to $ip");
         my $url = "https://$config{$h}{'server'}/update?token=$config{$h}{'password'}&domain=$h";
         my $reply = geturl(proxy => opt('proxy'), url => $url);
         if (!defined($reply) || !$reply) {
-            failed("updating %s: Could not connect to %s.", $h, $config{$h}{'server'});
+            failed("$h: Request to $config{$h}{'server'} failed");
             next;
         }
         next if !header_ok($h, $reply);
@@ -6431,10 +6430,10 @@ sub nic_freemyip_update {
             $config{$h}{'ip'} = $ip;
             $config{$h}{'mtime'} = $now;
             $config{$h}{'status'} = 'good';
-            success("updating %s: good: IP address set to %s", $h, $ip);
+            success("$h: good: IP address set to $ip");
         } else {
             $config{$h}{'status'} = 'failed';
-            failed("updating %s: Server said: '%s'", $h, $returned);
+            failed("$h: Server said: $returned");
         }
     }
 }