diff --git a/stand/lua/config.lua b/stand/lua/config.lua
index dd1c0c1d24c2..b36be7ced4d8 100644
--- a/stand/lua/config.lua
+++ b/stand/lua/config.lua
@@ -30,11 +30,24 @@
 --
 
 local config = {}
-
 local modules = {}
-
 local carousel_choices = {}
 
+local MSG_FAILEXEC = "Failed to exec '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILSETENV = "Failed to '%s' with value: %s"
+local MSG_FAILOPENCFG = "Failed to open config: '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILREADCFG = "Failed to read config: '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILPARSECFG = "Failed to parse config: '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILEXBEF = "Failed to execute '%s' before loading '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILEXMOD = "Failed to execute '%s'"
+local MSG_FAILEXAF = "Failed to execute '%s' after loading '%s'"
+local MSG_MALFORMED = "Malformed line (%d):\n\t'%s'"
+local MSG_DEFAULTKERNFAIL = "No kernel set, failed to load from module_path"
+local MSG_KERNFAIL = "Failed to load kernel '%s'"
+local MSG_KERNLOADING = "Loading kernel..."
+local MSG_MODLOADING = "Loading configured modules..."
+local MSG_MODLOADFAIL = "Could not load one or more modules!"
+
 local pattern_table = {
 	{
 		str = "^%s*(#.*)",
@@ -97,7 +110,7 @@ local pattern_table = {
 		str = "^%s*exec%s*=%s*\"([%w%s%p]-)\"%s*(.*)",
 		process = function(k, _)
 			if loader.perform(k) ~= 0 then
-				print("Failed to exec '" .. k .. "'")
+				print(MSG_FAILEXEC:format(k))
 			end
 		end,
 	},
@@ -106,8 +119,7 @@ local pattern_table = {
 		str = "^%s*([%w%p]+)%s*=%s*\"([%w%s%p]-)\"%s*(.*)",
 		process = function(k, v)
 			if config.setenv(k, v) ~= 0 then
-				print("Failed to set '" .. k ..
-				    "' with value: " .. v .. "")
+				print(MSG_FAILSETENV:format(k, v))
 			end
 		end,
 	},
@@ -116,8 +128,7 @@ local pattern_table = {
 		str = "^%s*([%w%p]+)%s*=%s*(%d+)%s*(.*)",
 		process = function(k, v)
 			if config.setenv(k, v) ~= 0 then
-				print("Failed to set '" .. k ..
-				    "' with value: " .. v .. "")
+				print(MSG_FAILSETENV:format(k, tostring(v)))
 			end
 		end,
 	},
@@ -127,7 +138,7 @@ local function readFile(name, silent)
 	local f = io.open(name)
 	if f == nil then
 		if not silent then
-			print("Failed to open config: '" .. name .. "'")
+			print(MSG_FAILOPENCFG:format(name))
 		end
 		return nil
 	end
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ local function readFile(name, silent)
 
 	if text == nil then
 		if not silent then
-			print("Failed to read config: '" .. name .. "'")
+			print(MSG_FAILREADCFG:format(name))
 		end
 		return nil
 	end
@@ -162,8 +173,7 @@ local function checkNextboot()
 	end
 
 	if not config.parse(text) then
-		print("Failed to parse nextboot configuration: '" ..
-		    nextboot_file .. "'")
+		print(MSG_FAILPARSECFG:format(nextbootfile))
 	end
 
 	-- Attempt to rewrite the first line and only the first line of the
@@ -264,6 +274,7 @@ end
 
 function config.loadmod(mod, silent)
 	local status = true
+	local pstatus = true
 	for k, v in pairs(mod) do
 		if v.load == "YES" then
 			local str = "load "
@@ -278,23 +289,17 @@ function config.loadmod(mod, silent)
 			else
 				str = str .. k
 			end
-
 			if v.before ~= nil then
-				if loader.perform(v.before) ~= 0 then
-					if not silent then
-						print("Failed to execute '" ..
-						    v.before ..
-						    "' before loading '" .. k ..
-						    "'")
-					end
-					status = false
+				pstatus = loader.perform(v.before) == 0
+				if not pstatus and not silent then
+					print(MSG_FAILEXBEF:format(v.before, k))
 				end
+				status = status and pstatus
 			end
 
 			if loader.perform(str) ~= 0 then
 				if not silent then
-					print("Failed to execute '" .. str ..
-					    "'")
+					print(MSG_FAILEXMOD:format(str))
 				end
 				if v.error ~= nil then
 					loader.perform(v.error)
@@ -303,15 +308,11 @@ function config.loadmod(mod, silent)
 			end
 
 			if v.after ~= nil then
-				if loader.perform(v.after) ~= 0 then
-					if not silent then
-						print("Failed to execute '" ..
-						    v.after ..
-						    "' after loading '" .. k ..
-						    "'")
-					end
-					status = false
+				pstatus = loader.perform(v.after) == 0
+				if not pstatus and not silent then
+					print(MSG_FAILEXAF:format(v.after, k))
 				end
+				status = status and pstatus
 			end
 
 --		else
@@ -357,8 +358,8 @@ function config.parse(text)
 					if config.isValidComment(c) then
 						val.process(k, v)
 					else
-						print("Malformed line (" .. n ..
-						    "):\n\t'" .. line .. "'")
+						print(MSG_MALFORMED:format(n,
+						    line))
 						status = false
 					end
 
@@ -367,8 +368,7 @@ function config.parse(text)
 			end
 
 			if not found then
-				print("Malformed line (" .. n .. "):\n\t'" ..
-				    line .. "'")
+				print(MSG_MALFORMED:format(n, line))
 				status = false
 			end
 		end
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ function config.loadKernel(other_kernel)
 			config.kernel_loaded = nil
 			return true
 		else
-			print("No kernel set, failed to load from module_path")
+			print(MSG_DEFAULTKERNFAIL)
 			return false
 		end
 	else
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ function config.loadKernel(other_kernel)
 			config.kernel_loaded = kernel
 			return true
 		else
-			print("Failed to load kernel '" .. kernel .. "'")
+			print(MSG_KERNFAIL:format(kernel))
 			return false
 		end
 	end
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ function config.load(file)
 	end
 
 	if not config.processFile(file) then
-		print("Failed to parse configuration: '" .. file .. "'")
+		print(MSG_FAILPARSECFG:format(file))
 	end
 
 	local f = loader.getenv("loader_conf_files")
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ function config.load(file)
 			-- silent parse so that we complain on parse errors but
 			-- not for them simply not existing.
 			if not config.processFile(name, true) then
-				print("Failed to parse configuration: '" ..
-				    name .. "'")
+				print(MSG_FAILPARSECFG:format(name))
 			end
 		end
 	end
@@ -504,17 +503,16 @@ function config.loadelf()
 	local kernel = config.kernel_selected or config.kernel_loaded
 	local loaded
 
-	print("Loading kernel...")
+	print(MSG_KERNLOADING)
 	loaded = config.loadKernel(kernel)
 
 	if not loaded then
-		print("Failed to load any kernel")
 		return
 	end
 
-	print("Loading configured modules...")
+	print(MSG_MODLOADING)
 	if not config.loadmod(modules) then
-		print("Could not load one or more modules!")
+		print(MSG_MODLOADFAIL)
 	end
 end