result = request_irq(telclk_interrupt, &tlclk_interrupt,
                             SA_INTERRUPT, "telco_clock", tlclk_interrupt);
        if (result == -EBUSY) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "telco_clock: Interrupt can't be reserved!\n");
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: Interrupt can't be reserved.\n");
                return -EBUSY;
        }
        inb(TLCLK_REG6);        /* Clear interrupt events */
 
        ret = register_chrdev(tlclk_major, "telco_clock", &tlclk_fops);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "telco_clock: can't get major! %d\n", tlclk_major);
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: can't get major %d.\n", tlclk_major);
                return ret;
        }
        alarm_events = kzalloc( sizeof(struct tlclk_alarms), GFP_KERNEL);
 
        /* Read telecom clock IRQ number (Set by BIOS) */
        if (!request_region(TLCLK_BASE, 8, "telco_clock")) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: request_region failed! 0x%X\n",
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: request_region 0x%X failed.\n",
                        TLCLK_BASE);
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out2;
        telclk_interrupt = (inb(TLCLK_REG7) & 0x0f);
 
        if (0x0F == telclk_interrupt ) { /* not MCPBL0010 ? */
-               printk(KERN_ERR "telclk_interrup = 0x%x non-mcpbl0010 hw\n",
+               printk(KERN_ERR "telclk_interrup = 0x%x non-mcpbl0010 hw.\n",
                        telclk_interrupt);
                ret = -ENXIO;
                goto out3;
 
        ret = misc_register(&tlclk_miscdev);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR " misc_register retruns %d\n", ret);
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: misc_register returns %d.\n", ret);
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out3;
        }
        tlclk_device = platform_device_register_simple("telco_clock",
                                -1, NULL, 0);
        if (!tlclk_device) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR " platform_device_register retruns 0x%X\n",
-                       (unsigned int) tlclk_device);
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: platform_device_register failed.\n");
                ret = -EBUSY;
                goto out4;
        }
        ret = sysfs_create_group(&tlclk_device->dev.kobj,
                        &tlclk_attribute_group);
        if (ret) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "failed to create sysfs device attributes\n");
+               printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: failed to create sysfs device attributes.\n");
                sysfs_remove_group(&tlclk_device->dev.kobj,
                        &tlclk_attribute_group);
                goto out5;