diff --git a/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/edc/internal/eval/ast/engine/ASTEvalMessages.properties b/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/edc/internal/eval/ast/engine/ASTEvalMessages.properties
index fc3cdbd..e7d930a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/edc/internal/eval/ast/engine/ASTEvalMessages.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.edc/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/edc/internal/eval/ast/engine/ASTEvalMessages.properties
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 OperandValue_CannotReadVoid=cannot read from void
 OperandValue_UnhandledType=Unhandled type
 OperandValue_VariableNoAddress=variable has no address
-OperatorAddrOf_RequiresVariable='&' requires a memory location
-OperatorAddrOf_NoRegister='&' cannot get address of a variable in a register
-OperatorAddrOf_NoBitField='&' cannot get address of a bit-field
+OperatorAddrOf_RequiresVariable=unary '&' requires a memory location
+OperatorAddrOf_NoRegister=cannot get memory address of the variable because it is in register
+OperatorAddrOf_NoBitField=cannot get memory address of a bit-field
 OperatorCast_CannotCastString=cannot cast string literal
 OperatorIndirection_RequiresPointer=unary '*' requires a pointer
 OperatorIndirection_NoBitField=unary '*' cannot be applied to a bit-field