diff --git a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-ip-config.c b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-ip-config.c
index c0324331ce..48ae9ed8f9 100644
--- a/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-ip-config.c
+++ b/src/libnm-core-impl/nm-setting-ip-config.c
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ nm_ip_routing_rule_from_dbus(GVariant *variant, gboolean strict, GError **error)
         g_set_error_literal(error,
                             NM_CONNECTION_ERROR,
                             NM_CONNECTION_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY,
-                            _("missing \"" NM_IP_ROUTING_RULE_ATTR_FAMILY "\""));
+                            _("missing \"family\""));
         return NULL;
     }
     addr_family = g_variant_get_int32(variants[RR_DBUS_ATTR_FAMILY]);
@@ -2957,7 +2957,7 @@ nm_ip_routing_rule_from_dbus(GVariant *variant, gboolean strict, GError **error)
         g_set_error_literal(error,
                             NM_CONNECTION_ERROR,
                             NM_CONNECTION_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY,
-                            _("invalid \"" NM_IP_ROUTING_RULE_ATTR_FAMILY "\""));
+                            _("invalid \"family\""));
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -3014,9 +3014,7 @@ nm_ip_routing_rule_from_dbus(GVariant *variant, gboolean strict, GError **error)
                 g_set_error_literal(error,
                                     NM_CONNECTION_ERROR,
                                     NM_CONNECTION_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY,
-                                    _("\"" NM_IP_ROUTING_RULE_ATTR_UID_RANGE_START
-                                      "\" is greater than \"" NM_IP_ROUTING_RULE_ATTR_UID_RANGE_END
-                                      "\""));
+                                    _("\"uid-range-start\" is greater than \"uid-range-end\""));
                 return FALSE;
             }
         } else