diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 248f2967..8ff36c75 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -6004,11 +6004,8 @@
 					else
 					{
 						_fnLog( DataTable.settings[i], 0, "Cannot reinitialise DataTable.\n\n"+
-							"To retrieve the DataTables object for this table, please pass either no arguments "+
-							"to the dataTable() function, or set bRetrieve to true. Alternatively, to destroy "+
-							"the old table and create a new one, set bDestroy to true (note that a lot of "+
-							"changes to the configuration can be made through the API which is usually much "+
-							"faster)." );
+							"To retrieve the DataTables object for this table, pass no arguments or see "+
+							"the docs for bRetrieve and bDestroy" );
 						return;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/media/src/core/core.constructor.js b/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
index 18961e6e..f8787f51 100644
--- a/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
+++ b/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
@@ -31,11 +31,8 @@ for ( i=0, iLen=DataTable.settings.length ; i<iLen ; i++ )
 		else
 		{
 			_fnLog( DataTable.settings[i], 0, "Cannot reinitialise DataTable.\n\n"+
-				"To retrieve the DataTables object for this table, please pass either no arguments "+
-				"to the dataTable() function, or set bRetrieve to true. Alternatively, to destroy "+
-				"the old table and create a new one, set bDestroy to true (note that a lot of "+
-				"changes to the configuration can be made through the API which is usually much "+
-				"faster)." );
+				"To retrieve the DataTables object for this table, pass no arguments or see "+
+				"the docs for bRetrieve and bDestroy" );
 			return;
 		}
 	}