diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/build.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/build.ts
index 0be8643b..7966d866 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/build.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/build.ts
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ export async function build (ctx: Context) {
 
   const duration = performance.now() - startTime
   if (emptyStoryCount) {
-    console.warn(pc.yellow(`⚠️  ${emptyStoryCount} empty story file`))
+    console.warn(pc.yellow(`⚠️  ${emptyStoryCount} empty story file${emptyStoryCount === 1 ? '':'s'}`))
   }
-  console.log(pc.green(`✅ Built ${storyCount} stories (${variantCount} variants) in ${Math.round(duration / 1000 * 100) / 100}s`))
+  console.log(pc.green(`✅ Built ${storyCount} stor${storyCount === 1 ? 'y':'ies'} (${variantCount} variant${variantCount === 1 ? '':'s'}) in ${Math.round(duration / 1000 * 100) / 100}s`))
 
   // Render
   if (previewStoryCallbacks.length) {
diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/collect/index.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/collect/index.ts
index ed74b02e..93c135ee 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/collect/index.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/collect/index.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function useCollectStories (options: UseCollectStoriesOptions, ctx: Conte
   const threadsCount = ctx.mode === 'dev'
     ? Math.max(Math.min(maxThreads, Math.floor(cpus().length / 2)), 1)
     : Math.max(Math.min(maxThreads, cpus().length - 1), 1)
-  console.log(pc.blue(`Using ${threadsCount} threads for story collection`))
+  console.log(pc.blue(`Using ${threadsCount} thread${threadsCount === 1 ? '':'s'} for story collection`))
 
   const threadPool = new Tinypool({
     filename: new URL('./worker.js', import.meta.url).href,
diff --git a/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts b/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
index 51b94d9f..31660384 100644
--- a/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/histoire/src/node/config.ts
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ export async function processConfig (ctx: Context) {
 
   const fileCheck = (file: string, resolvedFile: string, configPathForError: string) => {
     if (!file.startsWith('http') && !file.startsWith('@') && !fs.existsSync(resolvedFile)) {
-      console.warn(pc.yellow(`Histoire config: ${configPathForError} file ${file} does not exist (resolved to ${resolvedFile}), check for typos in the paths`))
+      console.warn(pc.yellow(`Histoire config: ${configPathForError} file ${file} does not exist (resolved to ${resolvedFile}), check for typos in the path`))
     }
   }