diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerApp.cpp b/src/apps/installer/InstallerApp.cpp
index 576cfba698..a787655111 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerApp.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerApp.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static const char* kInfoText =
 "This is alpha-quality software! It means there is a high risk of loosing "
 "important data. Make frequent backups! You have been warned.\n\n"
 
-"1)  If you are installing Haiku onto real hardware (not inside an emulation) "
+"1)  If you are installing Haiku onto real hardware (not inside an emulator) "
 "you need to have prepared a harddisk partition. The Installer and the "
 "DriveSetup tool will only offer to initialize existing partitions with the "
 "Haiku native filesystem. We recommend using the GParted Live-CD, it can also "
diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.cpp b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.cpp
index 7cc1217643..e89920f5a4 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ InstallerWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *msg)
 			switch (fInstallStatus) {
 				case kReadyForInstall:
 				{
-					BList *list = new BList();
+					BList* list = new BList();
 					int32 size = 0;
 					fPackagesView->GetPackagesToInstall(list, &size);
 					fCopyEngine->SetPackagesList(list);
@@ -380,10 +380,10 @@ InstallerWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *msg)
 			break;
 		case SRC_PARTITION:
 			_PublishPackages();
-			_UpdateMenus();
+			_UpdateControls();
 			break;
 		case TARGET_PARTITION:
-			_UpdateMenus();
+			_UpdateControls();
 			break;
 		case SETUP_MESSAGE:
 			_LaunchDriveSetup();
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ InstallerWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *msg)
 				_DisableInterface(fDriveSetupLaunched);
 				if (fDriveSetupLaunched)
 					_SetStatusMessage("Running DriveSetup" B_UTF8_ELLIPSIS
-						"\nClose DriveSetup to continue with the\n"
+						"\n\nClose DriveSetup to continue with the "
 						"installation.");
 				else
 					_ScanPartitions();
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ InstallerWindow::QuitRequested()
 {
 	if (fDriveSetupLaunched) {
 		(new BAlert("driveSetup",
-			"Please close the DriveSetup window before closing the\n"
+			"Please close the DriveSetup window before closing the "
 			"Installer window.", "OK"))->Go();
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -515,12 +515,12 @@ InstallerWindow::_ScanPartitions()
 	if (fSrcMenu->ItemAt(0)) {
 		_PublishPackages();
 	}
-	_UpdateMenus();
+	_UpdateControls();
 }
 
 
 void
-InstallerWindow::_UpdateMenus()
+InstallerWindow::_UpdateControls()
 {
 	PartitionMenuItem* srcItem = (PartitionMenuItem*)fSrcMenu->FindMarked();
 	BString label;
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ InstallerWindow::_UpdateMenus()
 			label = "Please Choose Target";
 	}
 	fDestMenuField->MenuItem()->SetLabel(label.String());
+
 	if (srcItem && dstItem) {
 		char message[255];
 		sprintf(message, "Press the Begin button to install from '%s' onto "
diff --git a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
index 4ab550abd4..6f00d98e0a 100644
--- a/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
+++ b/src/apps/installer/InstallerWindow.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private:
 			void				_LaunchDriveSetup();
 			void				_DisableInterface(bool disable);
 			void				_ScanPartitions();
-			void				_UpdateMenus();
+			void				_UpdateControls();
 			void				_PublishPackages();
 			void				_SetStatusMessage(const char* text);