diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index dce7085ba..7ba12bfed 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ sub ensure_accounting_chain( $$ )
 	    my $file = find_file $chain;
 
 	    if ( -f $file ) {
-		progress_message "Processing $file...";
+		progress_message "Running $file...";
 
 		my ( $level, $tag ) = ( '', '' );
 
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 0b7d93aff..9e63b3fc6 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ sub run_user_exit( $ ) {
     my $file = find_file $chainref->{name};
 
     if ( -f $file ) {
-	progress_message2 "Processing $file...";
+	progress_message2 "Running $file...";
 
 	my $command = qq(package Shorewall::User;\nno strict;\n# line 1 "$file"\n) . `cat $file`;
 
@@ -3501,7 +3501,7 @@ sub run_user_exit1( $ ) {
     my $file = find_file $_[0];
 
     if ( -f $file ) {
-	progress_message2 "Processing $file...";
+	progress_message2 "Running $file...";
 	#
 	# File may be empty -- in which case eval would fail
 	#
@@ -3532,7 +3532,7 @@ sub run_user_exit2( $$ ) {
     my ($file, $chainref) = ( find_file $_[0], $_[1] );
 
     if ( -f $file ) {
-	progress_message2 "Processing $file...";
+	progress_message2 "Running $file...";
 	#
 	# File may be empty -- in which case eval would fail
 	#
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 9f10e987d..b1510a1b9 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ sub createlogactionchain( $$$$$ ) {
 	my $file = find_file $chain;
 
 	if ( -f $file ) {
-	    progress_message "Processing $file...";
+	    progress_message "Running $file...";
 
 	    my @params = split /,/, $param;
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ sub createsimpleactionchain( $ ) {
 	my $file = find_file $action;
 
 	if ( -f $file ) {
-	    progress_message "Processing $file...";
+	    progress_message "Running $file...";
 
 	    my ( $level, $tag ) = ( '', '' );