diff --git a/goodwe_controller/app/main.py b/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
index a5df597..ff4abd0 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/app/main.py
@@ -1916,9 +1916,8 @@ class Controller:
             if (self.p1.stale and not self._meter_quiet_logged
                     and self.p1.published_age_s > self.p1.max_age_s):
                 self._meter_quiet_logged = True
-                _LOG.warning("No meter reading for %s, over the limit of %s, "
-                             "so control waits and then sets the battery to "
-                             "0 W.", messages.seconds(self.p1.published_age_s),
+                _LOG.warning("No meter reading for over %s, so control "
+                             "waits and then sets the battery to 0 W.",
                              messages.seconds(self.p1.max_age_s))
             elif not self.p1.stale and self._meter_quiet_logged:
                 self._meter_quiet_logged = False
diff --git a/goodwe_controller/test_messages.py b/goodwe_controller/test_messages.py
index 6bb209e..7513364 100644
--- a/goodwe_controller/test_messages.py
+++ b/goodwe_controller/test_messages.py
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ DATA = {
     "main.py:messages.when(brussels(self.tariff_at))",
     "main.py:messages.duration(TARIFF_MAX_AGE_S)",
     "main.py:messages.count(len(targets), 'inverter')",
-    "main.py:messages.seconds(self.p1.published_age_s)",
     "main.py:messages.seconds(self.p1.max_age_s)",
     # maintenance.py, mqtt.py, p1.py
     "maintenance.py:phase", "mqtt.py:err", "p1.py:err", "p1.py:self.host",
@@ -1708,8 +1707,8 @@ _mq_info = [r.getMessage() for r in _mq if r.levelno == logging.INFO]
 check(f"a meter that goes quiet logs one WARNING per episode, not per cycle, "
       f"and one INFO when readings return ({_mq_warn}, {_mq_info})",
       len(_mq_warn) == 2 and _mq_info == ["Meter readings are back."]
-      and _mq_warn[0].startswith("No meter reading for 40 seconds, over the "
-                                 "limit of 30 seconds")
+      and _mq_warn[0] == "No meter reading for over 30 seconds, so control "
+                         "waits and then sets the battery to 0 W."
       and len(words(_mq_warn[0])) <= LINE_WORDS)
 
 # UX-11 item 1: a state file saved before UX-11 holds the long reasons, and