diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 53249457b..73be712ca 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 
 	if spec.InitContainers != nil && len(spec.InitContainers) > 0 {
 		if c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers) {
-			c.logger.Warningf("initContainers in use but globally disabled - next statefulSet creation would fail")
+			c.logger.Warningf("initContainers specified but disabled in configuration - next statefulset creation would fail")
 		}
 		initContainers = spec.InitContainers
 	}
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 	// generate sidecar containers
 	if sideCars != nil && len(sideCars) > 0 {
 		if c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars) {
-			c.logger.Warningf("sidecars in use but globally disabled - next stateful set creation would fail")
+			c.logger.Warningf("sidecars specified but disabled in configuration - next statefulset creation would fail")
 		}
 		if sidecarContainers, err = generateSidecarContainers(sideCars, volumeMounts, defaultResources,
 			c.OpConfig.SuperUsername, c.credentialSecretName(c.OpConfig.SuperUsername), c.logger); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/resources.go b/pkg/cluster/resources.go
index 9936a1371..c94a7bb46 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/resources.go
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ func (c *Cluster) createStatefulSet() (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
 	// check if it's allowed that spec contains initContainers
 	if c.Spec.InitContainers != nil && len(c.Spec.InitContainers) > 0 &&
 		c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("initContainers specified but globally disabled")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("initContainers specified but disabled in configuration")
 	}
 	// check if it's allowed that spec contains sidecars
 	if c.Spec.Sidecars != nil && len(c.Spec.Sidecars) > 0 &&
 		c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sidecar containers specified but globally disabled")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sidecar containers specified but disabled in configuration")
 	}
 
 	statefulSetSpec, err := c.generateStatefulSet(&c.Spec)