diff --git a/hgext/churn.py b/hgext/churn.py
--- a/hgext/churn.py
+++ b/hgext/churn.py
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ def countrate(ui, repo, amap, *pats, **o
             rate[key] = [r + l for r, l in zip(rate.get(key, (0, 0)), lines)]
 
         state['count'] += 1
-        ui.progress(_('churning changes'), state['count'], total=len(repo))
+        ui.progress(_('analyzing'), state['count'], total=len(repo))
 
     for ctx in cmdutil.walkchangerevs(repo, m, opts, prep):
         continue
 
-    ui.progress(_('churning changes'), None)
+    ui.progress(_('analyzing'), None)
 
     return rate
 
diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def findrenames(repo, added, removed, th
     copies = {}
     ctx = repo['.']
     for i, r in enumerate(removed):
-        repo.ui.progress(_('looking for similarities'), i, total=len(removed))
+        repo.ui.progress(_('searching'), i, total=len(removed))
         if r not in ctx:
             continue
         fctx = ctx.filectx(r)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def findrenames(repo, added, removed, th
             myscore = score(repo.wread(a))
             if myscore >= bestscore:
                 copies[a] = (r, myscore)
-    repo.ui.progress(_('looking for similarities'), None, total=len(removed))
+    repo.ui.progress(_('searching'), None, total=len(removed))
 
     for dest, v in copies.iteritems():
         source, score = v