diff --git a/include/proto/proxy.h b/include/proto/proxy.h
index 839cce5812..a0c86cb877 100644
--- a/include/proto/proxy.h
+++ b/include/proto/proxy.h
@@ -33,10 +33,19 @@ void pause_proxy(struct proxy *p);
 void pause_proxies(void);
 void listen_proxies(void);
 
-const char *proxy_type_str(struct proxy *proxy);
+const char *proxy_cap_str(int cap);
 const char *proxy_mode_str(int mode);
 struct proxy *findproxy(const char *name, int mode, int cap);
 
+/*
+ * This function returns a string containing the type of the proxy in a format
+ * suitable for error messages, from its capabilities.
+ */
+static inline const char *proxy_type_str(struct proxy *proxy)
+{
+	return proxy_cap_str(proxy->cap);
+}
+
 #endif /* _PROTO_PROXY_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index fc333bfbbf..0df66daae3 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ int cfg_parse_listen(const char *file, int linenum, char **args)
 			if (!strcmp(curproxy->id, args[1]) &&
 				(rc!=(PR_CAP_FE|PR_CAP_RS) || curproxy->cap!=(PR_CAP_BE|PR_CAP_RS)) &&
 				(rc!=(PR_CAP_BE|PR_CAP_RS) || curproxy->cap!=(PR_CAP_FE|PR_CAP_RS))) {
-				Warning("Parsing [%s:%d]: duplicated proxy '%s' with conflicting capabilities: %s/%s!\n",
-					file, linenum, args[1], proxy_type_str(curproxy), args[0]);
+				Warning("Parsing [%s:%d]: %s '%s' has same name as another %s.\n",
+					file, linenum, proxy_cap_str(rc), args[1], proxy_type_str(curproxy));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index 1f5481868f..feb93c2f3a 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -37,29 +37,28 @@ int listeners;	/* # of listeners */
 struct proxy *proxy  = NULL;	/* list of all existing proxies */
 
 /*
- * This function returns a string containing the type of the proxy in a format
- * suitable for error messages, from its capabilities.
+ * This function returns a string containing a name describing capabilities to
+ * report comprehensible error messages. Specifically, it will return the words
+ * "frontend", "backend", "ruleset" when appropriate, or "proxy" for all other
+ * cases including the proxies declared in "listen" mode.
  */
-const char *proxy_type_str(struct proxy *proxy)
+const char *proxy_cap_str(int cap)
 {
-	int cap = proxy->cap;
-	if ((cap & PR_CAP_LISTEN) == PR_CAP_LISTEN)
-		return "listener";
-	else if (cap & PR_CAP_FE)
-		return "frontend";
-	else if (cap & PR_CAP_BE)
-		return "backend";
-	else if (cap & PR_CAP_RS)
-		return "ruleset";
-	else
-		return "proxy";
+	if ((cap & PR_CAP_LISTEN) != PR_CAP_LISTEN) {
+		if (cap & PR_CAP_FE)
+			return "frontend";
+		else if (cap & PR_CAP_BE)
+			return "backend";
+		else if (cap & PR_CAP_RS)
+			return "ruleset";
+	}
+	return "proxy";
 }
 
 /*
  * This function returns a string containing the mode of the proxy in a format
  * suitable for error messages.
  */
-
 const char *proxy_mode_str(int mode) {
 
 	if (mode == PR_MODE_TCP)
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ struct proxy *findproxy(const char *name, int mode, int cap) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		Alert("Refusing to use duplicated proxy '%s' with conflicting capabilities: %s/%s!\n",
+		Alert("Refusing to use duplicated proxy '%s' with overlapping capabilities: %s/%s!\n",
 			name, proxy_type_str(curproxy), proxy_type_str(target));
 
 		return NULL;