diff --git a/classes/Queue_item.php b/classes/Queue_item.php
index 2979539b16..8a2cc87da3 100644
--- a/classes/Queue_item.php
+++ b/classes/Queue_item.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Queue_item extends Managed_DataObject
                 common_log(LOG_DEBUG, 'claim succeeded.');
                 return $qi;
             } else {
-                common_log(LOG_ERROR, 'claim of queue item id= ' . $qi->getID() . ' for transport ' . $qi->transport . ' failed.');
+                common_log(LOG_ERR, 'claim of queue item id= ' . $qi->getID() . ' for transport ' . $qi->transport . ' failed.');
             }
         }
         $qi = null;
diff --git a/lib/spawningdaemon.php b/lib/spawningdaemon.php
index ea09b6fb2f..732237403d 100644
--- a/lib/spawningdaemon.php
+++ b/lib/spawningdaemon.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ abstract class SpawningDaemon extends Daemon
         for ($i = 1; $i <= $this->threads; $i++) {
             $pid = pcntl_fork();
             if ($pid < 0) {
-                $this->log(LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't fork for thread $i; aborting\n");
+                $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't fork for thread $i; aborting\n");
                 exit(1);
             } else if ($pid == 0) {
                 $this->initAndRunChild($i);
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ abstract class SpawningDaemon extends Daemon
 
                     $pid = pcntl_fork();
                     if ($pid < 0) {
-                        $this->log(LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't fork to respawn thread $i; aborting thread.\n");
+                        $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't fork to respawn thread $i; aborting thread.\n");
                     } else if ($pid == 0) {
                         $this->initAndRunChild($i);
                     } else {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ abstract class SpawningDaemon extends Daemon
             $this->parentWriter = $sockets[0];
             $this->parentReader = $sockets[1];
         } else {
-            $this->log(LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't create inter-process sockets");
+            $this->log(LOG_ERR, "Couldn't create inter-process sockets");
             exit(1);
         }
     }