diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
index 004ce3a84e..f4c7ba60c9 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
@@ -125,12 +125,10 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController
       case PhabricatorDaemonLog::STATUS_WAIT:
         $details = pht(
           'This daemon is running normally and reported a status update '.
-          'recently (within %s). However, it encountered an error while '.
-          'doing work and is waiting a little while (%s) to resume '.
-          'processing. After encountering an error, daemons wait before '.
-          'resuming work to avoid overloading services.',
-          phutil_format_relative_time($unknown_time),
-          phutil_format_relative_time($wait_time));
+          'recently (within %s). The process is currently waiting to '.
+          'restart, either because it is hibernating or because it '.
+          'encountered an error.',
+          phutil_format_relative_time($unknown_time));
         break;
       case PhabricatorDaemonLog::STATUS_EXITING:
         $details = pht('This daemon is shutting down gracefully.');
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/daemon/overseer/PhabricatorDaemonOverseerModule.php b/src/infrastructure/daemon/overseer/PhabricatorDaemonOverseerModule.php
index 608151c348..be5ebec79e 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/daemon/overseer/PhabricatorDaemonOverseerModule.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/daemon/overseer/PhabricatorDaemonOverseerModule.php
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonOverseerModule
 
     $this->configVersion = $new_version;
 
+    // Don't trigger a reload if we're loading the config for the very
+    // first time.
+    if ($old_version === null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     return ($old_version != $new_version);
   }