diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_links_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_links_test.go
index 4bf5562054..9280d597a2 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_links_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_links_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/integration/checker"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
 )
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestLinksNetworkHostContainer(c *check.C) {
 	// Running container linking to a container with --net host should have failed
 	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil, check.Commentf("out: %s", out))
 	// Running container linking to a container with --net host should have failed
-	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "--net=host can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
+	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, runconfig.ErrConflictHostNetworkAndLinks.Error())
 }
 
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestLinksEtcHostsRegularFile(c *check.C) {
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index b839ee78cf..7f9be778c8 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -3384,17 +3384,17 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunContainerNetModeWithDnsMacHosts(c *check.C) {
 	}
 
 	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "--dns", "1.2.3.4", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Conflicting options: --dns and the network mode") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictNetworkAndDNS.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with --dns should error out")
 	}
 
 	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "--mac-address", "92:d0:c6:0a:29:33", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "--mac-address and the network mode") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndMac.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with --mac-address should error out")
 	}
 
 	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "--add-host", "test:192.168.2.109", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "--add-host and the network mode") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictNetworkHosts.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with --add-host should error out")
 	}
 }
@@ -3405,17 +3405,17 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestRunContainerNetModeWithExposePort(c *check.C) {
 	dockerCmd(c, "run", "-d", "--name", "parent", "busybox", "top")
 
 	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("run", "-p", "5000:5000", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Conflicting options: -p, -P, --publish-all, --publish and the network mode (--net)") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with -p should error out")
 	}
 
 	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "-P", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Conflicting options: -p, -P, --publish-all, --publish and the network mode (--net)") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with -P should error out")
 	}
 
 	out, _, err = dockerCmdWithError("run", "--expose", "5000", "--net=container:parent", "busybox")
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, "Conflicting options: --expose and the network mode (--net)") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(out, runconfig.ErrConflictNetworkExposePorts.Error()) {
 		c.Fatalf("run --net=container with --expose should error out")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/runconfig/parse.go b/runconfig/parse.go
index b030eb3c7e..cea67c57f9 100644
--- a/runconfig/parse.go
+++ b/runconfig/parse.go
@@ -17,29 +17,29 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndLinks conflict between --net=container and links
-	ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --net=container can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
+	ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: container type network can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
 	// ErrConflictUserDefinedNetworkAndLinks conflict between --net=<NETWORK> and links
-	ErrConflictUserDefinedNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --net=<NETWORK> can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
+	ErrConflictUserDefinedNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: networking can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
 	// ErrConflictSharedNetwork conflict between private and other networks
 	ErrConflictSharedNetwork = fmt.Errorf("Container sharing network namespace with another container or host cannot be connected to any other network")
 	// ErrConflictHostNetwork conflict from being disconnected from host network or connected to host network.
 	ErrConflictHostNetwork = fmt.Errorf("Container cannot be disconnected from host network or connected to host network")
 	// ErrConflictNoNetwork conflict between private and other networks
-	ErrConflictNoNetwork = fmt.Errorf("Container cannot be connected to multiple networks with one of the networks in --none mode")
+	ErrConflictNoNetwork = fmt.Errorf("Container cannot be connected to multiple networks with one of the networks in private (none) mode")
 	// ErrConflictNetworkAndDNS conflict between --dns and the network mode
-	ErrConflictNetworkAndDNS = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --dns and the network mode (--net)")
+	ErrConflictNetworkAndDNS = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: dns and the network mode")
 	// ErrConflictNetworkHostname conflict between the hostname and the network mode
-	ErrConflictNetworkHostname = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: -h and the network mode (--net)")
+	ErrConflictNetworkHostname = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: hostname and the network mode")
 	// ErrConflictHostNetworkAndLinks conflict between --net=host and links
-	ErrConflictHostNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --net=host can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
+	ErrConflictHostNetworkAndLinks = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: host type networking can't be used with links. This would result in undefined behavior")
 	// ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndMac conflict between the mac address and the network mode
-	ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndMac = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --mac-address and the network mode (--net)")
+	ErrConflictContainerNetworkAndMac = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: mac-address and the network mode")
 	// ErrConflictNetworkHosts conflict between add-host and the network mode
-	ErrConflictNetworkHosts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --add-host and the network mode (--net)")
-	// ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts conflict between the pulbish options and the network mode
-	ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: -p, -P, --publish-all, --publish and the network mode (--net)")
+	ErrConflictNetworkHosts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: custom host-to-IP mapping and the network mode")
+	// ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts conflict between the publish options and the network mode
+	ErrConflictNetworkPublishPorts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: port publishing and the container type network mode")
 	// ErrConflictNetworkExposePorts conflict between the expose option and the network mode
-	ErrConflictNetworkExposePorts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: --expose and the network mode (--net)")
+	ErrConflictNetworkExposePorts = fmt.Errorf("Conflicting options: port exposing and the container type network mode")
 )
 
 // DefaultSHMSize is the default size (64MB) of the SHM which will be mounted in the container