diff --git a/include/git.sh b/include/git.sh
index 0be6f0d..351568d 100755
--- a/include/git.sh
+++ b/include/git.sh
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ nuke()
 	pjsrcdir="${pjsrcdir#src/}"
 	[ ! -f "config/$pjcfgdir/nuke.list" ] && return 0
 
-	while read -r blobfile; do
-		rmf="$(realpath "src/$pjsrcdir/$blobfile" 2>/dev/null)" || \
+	while read -r nukefile; do
+		rmf="$(realpath "src/$pjsrcdir/$nukefile" 2>/dev/null)" || \
 		    continue
 		[ -L "$rmf" ] && continue # we will delete the actual file
 		[ "${rmf#"$PWD/src/$pjsrcdir"}" = "$rmf" ] && continue
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ nuke()
 		rmf="${rmf#"$PWD/"}"
 		[ -e "$rmf" ] || continue
 		del="y"
-		rm -Rf "$rmf" || $err "$pjcfgdir/blobs: can't rm \"$blobfile\""
+		rm -Rf "$rmf" || $err "$nuke pjcfgdir: can't rm \"$nukefile\""
 		printf "nuke %s: deleted \"%s\"\n" "$pjcfgdir" "$rmf"
 	done < "config/$pjcfgdir/nuke.list"
 
 	[ "${del}" = "y" ] && return 0
-	printf "nuke %s: no defined blobs exist in dir, src/%s\n" 1>&2 \
+	printf "nuke %s: no defined files exist in dir, src/%s\n" 1>&2 \
 	    "$pjcfgdir" "$pjsrcdir"
 	printf "(this is not an error)\n" 1>&2
 }