diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceNativePlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceNativePlugin.kt
index 232e653..a41fbf6 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceNativePlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceNativePlugin.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class KScienceNativePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         if (!plugins.hasPlugin(KScienceCommonPlugin::class)) {
             configureKScience()
         } else {
-            error("KScience native plugin must be applied instead of common")
+            project.logger.warn("Use `kscience.native()` configuration block")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
index a1fa72a..676c9f5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/gradle/KScienceProjectPlugin.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class KSciencePublishingExtension(public val project: Project) {
     public fun sonatype(
         addToRelease: Boolean = (project.requestPropertyOrNull("publishing.sonatype") != "false"),
     ) {
-        require(isVcsInitialized) { "The project vcs is not set up use 'git' method to do so" }
+        require(isVcsInitialized) { "The project vcs is not set up use 'pom' method to do so" }
         project.addSonatypePublishing()
 
         if (addToRelease) repositoryNames += "sonatype"