diff --git a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
index b9e356f06..5ffd2c816 100644
--- a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
+++ b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ loop((ttot,ext_regi,taxType,targetType,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup)$pm_implicitQt
     );  
   );
   put_utility "msg" / "Dampening rescaling for " ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl;
-  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale before dampening: noformat" ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup); 
+  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale before dampening:  " ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:3; 
 
 *** dampen rescale factor when closer than 1.5 / 0.75 to reduce oscillations
   if( p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup) > 1,
@@ -531,16 +531,16 @@ loop((ttot,ext_regi,taxType,targetType,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup)$pm_implicitQt
         )
     ;
   );
-  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale after dampening: 10:2" ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:2; 
+  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale after dampening: " ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:3; 
 
-*** put a bound around the rescale factor with increasing iterations to help convergence
+*** with increasing iterations, tighten the bound around the rescale factor to prevent large jumps in late iterations
   p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup) =
     max( min( 2 * EXP( -0.05 * iteration.val ) + 1.01 ,
               p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup)
          ),
          1 / ( 2 * EXP( -0.05 * iteration.val ) + 1.01)
     );
-  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale after boundaries: 10:3 " ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:3; 
+  put_utility "msg" / "p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale after boundaries: " ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:3; 
 
 *** dampen if rescale oscillates
   if( (iteration.val > 3) , 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ loop((ttot,ext_regi,taxType,targetType,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup)$pm_implicitQt
       p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup) =
         1 + ( ( p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup) - 1 ) / 2 ) 
       ; !! this brings the value closer to one. The formulation works reasonably well within the range of 0.5..2
-      put_utility "msg" / "Reducing p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale due to oscillation in the previous 3 iterations: :10:3"; 
+      put_utility "msg" / "Reducing p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale due to oscillation in the previous 3 iterations: "; 
       put_utility "msg" / ttot.tl " " ext_regi.tl " "  qttyTarget.tl " " qttyTargetGroup.tl " " p47_implicitQttyTargetTaxRescale(ttot,ext_regi,qttyTarget,qttyTargetGroup):10:3; 
     );
   );