diff --git a/blocking.py b/blocking.py
index 128724f40..118918e28 100644
--- a/blocking.py
+++ b/blocking.py
@@ -1647,8 +1647,8 @@ def set_broch_mode(base_dir: str, domain_full: str, enabled: bool) -> None:
                                 if handle_domain not in allowed_domains:
                                     allowed_domains.append(handle_domain)
                     except OSError as ex:
-                        print('EX: failed to read ' + following_filename +
-                              ' ' + str(ex))
+                        print('EX: set_broch_mode failed to read ' +
+                              following_filename + ' ' + str(ex))
             break
 
         # write the allow file
diff --git a/blog.py b/blog.py
index 201346a15..a368940a9 100644
--- a/blog.py
+++ b/blog.py
@@ -803,8 +803,9 @@ def html_edit_blog(media_instance: bool, translate: {},
     dir_str = data_dir(base_dir)
     if os.path.isfile(dir_str + '/newpost.txt'):
         try:
-            with open(dir_str + '/newpost.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
-                edit_blog_text = '<p>' + file.read() + '</p>'
+            with open(dir_str + '/newpost.txt', 'r',
+                      encoding='utf-8') as fp_blog:
+                edit_blog_text = '<p>' + fp_blog.read() + '</p>'
         except OSError:
             print('EX: html_edit_blog unable to read ' +
                   dir_str + '/newpost.txt')