diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index 29008604de328b03ffb620b2d923fe1e516b594e..328c6be9515921048717f015ef62d21f45542597 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ You can store your Renovate configuration file in one of these locations:
 !!! warning
     Storing the Renovate configuration in a `package.json` file is deprecated and support may be removed in the future.
 
-When renovating a repository, Renovate tries to detect the configuration files in the order listed above, and stops after the first one is found.
+When Renovate runs on a repository, it tries to find the configuration files in the order listed above.
+Renovate stops the search after it finds the first match.
 
 Renovate always uses the config from the repository's default branch, even if that configuration specifies multiple `baseBranches`.
 Renovate does not read/override the config from within each base branch if present.
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/__snapshots__/dependency-dashboard.spec.ts.snap b/lib/workers/repository/__snapshots__/dependency-dashboard.spec.ts.snap
index ef4acccd71b0a66a19bbdcc212fb5e6c0781def8..6440ae199c4b9a6c654c63d709c7a231f84e26c2 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/__snapshots__/dependency-dashboard.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/__snapshots__/dependency-dashboard.spec.ts.snap
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ exports[`workers/repository/dependency-dashboard ensureDependencyDashboard() con
 
 ## Repository problems
 
-These problems occurred while renovating this repository.
+Renovate tried to run on this repository, but found these problems.
 
  - ERROR: everything is broken
  - WARN: just a bit
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
index bf1b0542ecd92200694d78b0eac5d9efb57c101b..04cab4eeab7be02fa8c151f1cc3c271b5200e95d 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ function appendRepoProblems(config: RenovateConfig, issueBody: string): string {
     newIssueBody += '## Repository problems\n\n';
     const repoProblemsHeader =
       config.customizeDashboard?.['repoProblemsHeader'] ??
-      'These problems occurred while renovating this repository.';
+      'Renovate tried to run on this repository, but found these problems.';
     newIssueBody += template.compile(repoProblemsHeader, config) + '\n\n';
 
     for (const repoProblem of repoProblems) {
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/index.ts
index 2a9621a3674b871b4fb7c8fc2c9842ae85b9209b..43dacba1984f9e3a857e2e542d0eda0eef084847 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/index.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export async function renovateRepository(
       }
       if (res === 'automerged') {
         if (canRetry) {
-          logger.info('Renovating repository again after automerge result');
+          logger.info('Restarting repository job after automerge result');
           const recursiveRes = await renovateRepository(repoConfig, false);
           return recursiveRes;
         }