diff --git a/src/ca/tcpRecvWatchdog.cpp b/src/ca/tcpRecvWatchdog.cpp
index 7f6c01104..752fa71aa 100644
--- a/src/ca/tcpRecvWatchdog.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/tcpRecvWatchdog.cpp
@@ -45,15 +45,13 @@ epicsTimerNotify::expireStatus
 tcpRecvWatchdog::expire ( const epicsTime & /* currentTime */ ) // X aCC 361
 {
     if ( this->responsePending ) {
-        if ( ! this->cacRef.preemptiveCallbakIsEnabled() ) {
-            if ( this->iiu.bytesArePendingInOS() ) {
-                this->cacRef.printf ( 
-        "The CA client library is disconnecting because a CA server isnt responding\n" );
-                this->cacRef.printf ( 
-        "when there are incoming messages pending probably because the application\n" );
-                this->cacRef.printf ( 
-        "isnt calling ca_pend_event().\n" );
-            }
+        if ( this->iiu.bytesArePendingInOS() ) {
+            this->cacRef.printf ( 
+    "The CA client library is disconnecting because a CA server isnt responding\n" );
+            this->cacRef.printf ( 
+    "when there are incoming messages pending probably because the application\n" );
+            this->cacRef.printf ( 
+    "isnt properly schedualed.\n" );
         }
         this->cancel ();
 #       ifdef DEBUG
diff --git a/src/ca/tcpSendWatchdog.cpp b/src/ca/tcpSendWatchdog.cpp
index c5fb43a35..934b15726 100644
--- a/src/ca/tcpSendWatchdog.cpp
+++ b/src/ca/tcpSendWatchdog.cpp
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ tcpSendWatchdog::~tcpSendWatchdog ()
 epicsTimerNotify::expireStatus tcpSendWatchdog::expire ( 
                  const epicsTime & /* currentTime */ )
 {
-    if ( ! this->cacRef.preemptiveCallbakIsEnabled() ) {
-        if ( this->iiu.bytesArePendingInOS() ) {
-            this->cacRef.printf ( 
-                "The CA client is disconnecting after a flush request timed out, "
-                "but receive data is pending, probably because the non-preemptive "
-                "mode application isnt calling ca_pend_event()\n" );
-        }
+    if ( this->iiu.bytesArePendingInOS() ) {
+        this->cacRef.printf ( 
+            "The CA client library is disconnecting after a flush request "
+            "timed out, but receive data is pending, probably because of an "
+            "application schedualing problem\n" );
     }
 #   ifdef DEBUG
         char hostName[128];