diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -87,14 +87,13 @@
     // Process help and version before taking care about datadir
     if (HelpRequested(gArgs) || gArgs.IsArgSet("-version")) {
         std::string strUsage =
-            PACKAGE_NAME " Daemon version " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
+            PACKAGE_NAME " version " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
 
         if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-version")) {
             strUsage += FormatParagraph(LicenseInfo());
         } else {
             strUsage += "\nUsage:  bitcoind [options]                     "
-                        "Start " PACKAGE_NAME " Daemon\n";
-
+                        "Start " PACKAGE_NAME "\n";
             strUsage += "\n" + gArgs.GetHelpMessage();
         }
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 #endif
-            tfm::format(std::cout, PACKAGE_NAME " daemon starting\n");
+            tfm::format(std::cout, PACKAGE_NAME " starting\n");
 
             // Daemonize
             if (daemon(1, 0)) {
diff --git a/src/rpc/server.cpp b/src/rpc/server.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/server.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     if (jsonRequest.fHelp || jsonRequest.params.size() > 1) {
         throw std::runtime_error(RPCHelpMan{
             "stop",
-            "Stop Bitcoin server.",
+            "\nRequest a graceful shutdown of " PACKAGE_NAME ".",
             {},
             RPCResults{},
             RPCExamples{""},
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         UninterruptibleSleep(
             std::chrono::milliseconds{jsonRequest.params[0].get_int()});
     }
-    return "Bitcoin server stopping";
+    return PACKAGE_NAME " stopping";
 }
 
 static UniValue uptime(const Config &config, const JSONRPCRequest &request) {