diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/eb600/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/eb600/driver.py
index 51ba6c924f..48ce09766a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/eb600/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/eb600/driver.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class ELONEX(EB600):
 class POCKETBOOK301(USBMS):
 
     name           = 'PocketBook 301 Device Interface'
-    description    = _('Communicate with the PocketBook 301 reader.')
+    description    = _('Communicate with the PocketBook 301 Reader.')
     author         = 'Kovid Goyal'
     supported_platforms = ['windows', 'osx', 'linux']
     FORMATS = ['epub', 'fb2', 'prc', 'mobi', 'pdf', 'djvu', 'rtf', 'chm', 'txt']
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py
index 3604dcb4e5..da4c1dbbe1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/kobo/driver.py
@@ -1193,13 +1193,13 @@ class KOBO(USBMS):
         spanTag['style'] = 'font-weight:normal'
         if bookmark.book_format == 'epub':
             spanTag.insert(0,NavigableString(
-                _("<hr /><b>Book Last Read:</b> %(time)s<br /><b>Percentage Read:</b> %(pr)d%%<hr />") % dict(
+                _("<hr /><b>Book last read:</b> %(time)s<br /><b>Percentage read:</b> %(pr)d%%<hr />") % dict(
                     time=last_read,
                     # loc=last_read_location,
                     pr=percent_read)))
         else:
             spanTag.insert(0,NavigableString(
-                _("<hr /><b>Book Last Read:</b> %(time)s<br /><b>Percentage Read:</b> %(pr)d%%<hr />") % dict(
+                _("<hr /><b>Book last read:</b> %(time)s<br /><b>Percentage read:</b> %(pr)d%%<hr />") % dict(
                     time=last_read,
                     # loc=last_read_location,
                     pr=percent_read)))
diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
index 2a37405fb7..eab55e4ab9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ class SMART_DEVICE_APP(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
                 elif fm[self.is_read_date_sync_col]['datatype'] != 'datetime':
                     self._debug('is_read_date_sync_col not date type')
                     self._show_message(_("The read date sync column %s is "
-                             "not a Date column")%self.is_read_date_sync_col)
+                             "not a date column")%self.is_read_date_sync_col)
                     self.have_bad_sync_columns = True
 
             self.have_checked_sync_columns = True