diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
index 0b2df1a944..9ba694b27d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteSkinManager.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ RString NoteSkinManager::GetMetric( const RString &sButtonName, const RString &s
 	if( data.metrics.GetValue( sButtonName, sValue, sReturn ) )
 		return sReturn;
 	if( !data.metrics.GetValue( "NoteDisplay", sValue, sReturn ) )
-		RageException::Throw( "Could not read metric \"%s : %s\" or \"NoteDisplay : %s\" in \"%s\".",
+		RageException::Throw( "Could not read metric \"%s::%s\" or \"NoteDisplay::%s\" in \"%s\".",
 				      sButtonName.c_str(), sValue.c_str(), sValue.c_str(), sNoteSkinName.c_str() );
 	return sReturn;
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/OptionRowHandler.cpp b/stepmania/src/OptionRowHandler.cpp
index 09eb328070..3133f125d7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/OptionRowHandler.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/OptionRowHandler.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public:
 			/* Parse the basic configuration metric. */
 			Commands cmds = ParseCommands( ENTRY(sParam) );
 			if( cmds.v.size() < 1 )
-				RageException::Throw( "Parse error in ScreenOptionsMaster::%s.", sParam.c_str() );
+				RageException::Throw( "Parse error in \"ScreenOptionsMaster::%s\".", sParam.c_str() );
 
 			m_Def.m_bOneChoiceForAllPlayers = false;
 			const int NumCols = atoi( cmds.v[0].m_vsArgs[0] );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenOptionsMaster.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenOptionsMaster.cpp
index f36c7cf5d7..f66de6d629 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenOptionsMaster.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenOptionsMaster.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void ScreenOptionsMaster::Init()
 	vector<RString> asLineNames;
 	split( LINE_NAMES, ",", asLineNames );
 	if( asLineNames.empty() )
-		RageException::Throw( "\"%s : LineNames\" is empty.", m_sName.c_str() );
+		RageException::Throw( "\"%s::LineNames\" is empty.", m_sName.c_str() );
 
 	if( FORCE_ALL_PLAYERS )
 	{
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void ScreenOptionsMaster::Init()
 
 		OptionRowHandler *pHand = OptionRowHandlerUtil::Make( cmds );
 		if( pHand == NULL )
-			RageException::Throw( "Invalid OptionRowHandler \"%s\" in \"%s : Line%i\".", cmds.GetOriginalCommandString().c_str(), m_sName.c_str(), i );
+			RageException::Throw( "Invalid OptionRowHandler \"%s\" in \"%s::Line%i\".", cmds.GetOriginalCommandString().c_str(), m_sName.c_str(), i );
 		OptionRowHandlers.push_back( pHand );
 	}
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
index cfd89ee875..ed13730b3b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ThemeManager.cpp
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ bool ThemeManager::GetMetricRawRecursive( const IniFile &ini, const RString &sCl
 		sClassName = sFallback;
 	}
 
-	RageException::Throw( "Infinite recursion looking up theme metric \"%s : %s\".", sClassName.c_str(), sValueName.c_str() );
+	RageException::Throw( "Infinite recursion looking up theme metric \"%s::%s\".", sClassName.c_str(), sValueName.c_str() );
 }
 
 RString ThemeManager::GetMetricRaw( const IniFile &ini, const RString &sClassName_, const RString &sValueName_ )
@@ -845,12 +845,12 @@ RString ThemeManager::GetMetricRaw( const IniFile &ini, const RString &sClassNam
 		
 		RString sCurMetricPath = GetMetricsIniPath( m_sCurThemeName );
 		RString sDefaultMetricPath = GetMetricsIniPath( SpecialFiles::BASE_THEME_NAME );
-		RString sMessage = ssprintf( "The theme metric \"%s : %s\" is missing.  Correct this and click Retry, or Cancel to break.",
+		RString sMessage = ssprintf( "The theme metric \"%s::%s\" is missing.  Correct this and click Retry, or Cancel to break.",
 					     sClassName.c_str(), sValueName.c_str() );
 		switch( Dialog::AbortRetryIgnore(sMessage) )
 		{
 			case Dialog::abort:
-				RageException::Throw( "Theme metric \"%s : %s\" could not be found in \"%s\"' or \"%s\".", 
+				RageException::Throw( "Theme metric \"%s::%s\" could not be found in \"%s\"' or \"%s\".", 
 						      sClassName.c_str(), sValueName.c_str(), sCurMetricPath.c_str(), 
 						      sDefaultMetricPath.c_str() );
 			case Dialog::retry:
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ RageColor ThemeManager::GetMetricC( const RString &sClassName, const RString &sV
 
 	RageColor ret(1,1,1,1);
 	if( !ret.FromString(sValue) )
-		LOG->UserLog( RageLog::LogType_ThemeMetric, sClassName + " : " + sValueName,
+		LOG->UserLog( RageLog::LogType_ThemeMetric, sClassName + "::" + sValueName,
 			      "has an invalid color value \"%s\".", sValue.c_str() );
 	return ret;
 }