diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/segments/PitSegmentsRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/segments/PitSegmentsRequest.java
index c26ce48a210b4..de0d390cddc4a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/segments/PitSegmentsRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/segments/PitSegmentsRequest.java
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ public void fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
                     if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_ARRAY) {
                         while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_ARRAY) {
                             if (token.isValue() == false) {
-                                throw new IllegalArgumentException("pit_id array element should only contain pit_id");
+                                throw new IllegalArgumentException("pit_id array element should only contain PIT identifier");
                             }
                             pitIds.add(parser.text());
                         }
                     } else {
                         if (token.isValue() == false) {
-                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("pit_id element should only contain pit_id");
+                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("pit_id element should only contain PIT identifier");
                         }
                         pitIds.add(parser.text());
                     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
index 57c10c0632ebd..745139fd1f1e8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/search/CreatePitController.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void executeUpdatePitId(
                             "Create pit update phase for PIT ID ["
                                 + searchResponse.pointInTimeId()
                                 + "] failed because node["
-                                + node
+                                + entry.getValue().getNode()
                                 + "] "
                                 + "not found"
                         )