diff --git a/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c b/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
index db87e5205c5519e5006cece61759d1b6f7589215..d41caa5200d05a524f454ea1d9e47f5e63466889 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/syncrepl.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,9 @@ do_syncrep2(
 
 			default:
 				Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "do_syncrep2: %s "
-					"unknown message\n", si->si_ridtxt, 0, 0 );
+					"unknown message (0x%02lx)\n",
+					si->si_ridtxt,
+					(unsigned long)ldap_msgtype( msg ), 0 );
 				break;
 
 			}
@@ -2695,10 +2697,10 @@ attr_cmp( Operation *op, Attribute *old, Attribute *new,
 		for ( o=0; old->a_vals[o].bv_val; o++ ) ;
 		for ( n=0; new->a_vals[n].bv_val; n++ ) ;
 
-		/* there MUST be both onld and new values
-		 * (otherwise j is used uninitialized) */
+		/* there MUST be both old and new values */
 		assert( o != 0 );
 		assert( n != 0 );
+		j = 0;
 
 		adds = op->o_tmpalloc( sizeof(struct berval *) * n, op->o_tmpmemctx );
 		dels = op->o_tmpalloc( sizeof(struct berval *) * o, op->o_tmpmemctx );