diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c index 11a6b6c58..5ab98d823 100644 --- a/src/hashcat.c +++ b/src/hashcat.c @@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ int hashcat_session_execute (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx) if (modes_cnt > 1) { - event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, "The following %d hash-mode match the structure of your input hash:", modes_cnt); + event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, "The following %d hash-modes match the structure of your input hash:", modes_cnt); event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, NULL); event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, " # | Name | Category"); event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, " ======+=====================================================+======================================"); @@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ int hashcat_session_execute (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx) event_log_info (hashcat_ctx, NULL); - event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Please specify the hash-mode by argument (-m)."); + event_log_error (hashcat_ctx, "Please specify the hash-mode with -m [hash-mode]."); hcfree (usage_sort_buf); @@ -1487,11 +1487,11 @@ int hashcat_session_execute (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx) // modes_cnt == 1 - event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "You have not specified -m to select the correct hash-mode."); - event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "It was automatically selected by hashcat because it was the only hash-mode matching your input hash:"); + event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "Hash-mode was not specified with -m. Attempting to auto-detect hash mode."); + event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "The following mode was auto-detected as the only one matching your input hash:"); event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "\n%u | %s | %s\n", usage_sort_buf[0].hash_mode, usage_sort_buf[0].hash_name, strhashcategory (usage_sort_buf[0].hash_category)); - event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "Under no circumstances it is not to be understood as a guarantee this is the right hash-mode."); - event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "Do not report hashcat issues if you do not know exactly how the hash was extracted."); + event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "NOTE: Auto-detect is best effort. The correct hash-mode is NOT guaranteed!"); + event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "Do NOT report auto-detect issues unless you are certain of the hash type."); event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, NULL); user_options->autodetect = false;