diff -r 0986f4b8caef -r ed3634da2616 checkers/classes.py
--- a/checkers/classes.py	Tue Sep 18 14:05:00 2012 +1000
+++ b/checkers/classes.py	Thu Sep 20 17:44:00 2012 +1000
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
               compatibility for an unexpected reason. Please report this kind \
               if you don\'t make sense of it.'),
 
-    'E0202': ('An attribute affected in %s line %s hide this method',
-              'method-hidden',
+    'E0202': ('An attribute affected in %s line %s shadows this method',
+              'method-shadowed',
               'Used when a class defines a method which is hidden by an '
               'instance attribute from an ancestor class or set by some '
               'client code.'),
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
               'Used when a method signature is different than in the \
               implemented interface or in an overridden method.'),
     'W0223': ('Method %r is abstract in class %r but is not overridden',
-              'abstract-method',
+              'abstract-unimplemented',
               'Used when an abstract method (i.e. raise NotImplementedError) is \
               not overridden in concrete class.'
               ),
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
               'Used when a class has no __init__ method, neither its parent \
               classes.'),
     'W0233': ('__init__ method from a non direct base class %r is called',
-              'non-parent-init-called',
+              'non-base-init-called',
               'Used when an __init__ method is called on a class which is not \
               in the direct ancestors for the analysed class.'),
 
diff -r 0986f4b8caef -r ed3634da2616 checkers/exceptions.py
--- a/checkers/exceptions.py	Tue Sep 18 14:05:00 2012 +1000
+++ b/checkers/exceptions.py	Thu Sep 20 17:44:00 2012 +1000
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
               'Used when an except catches a too general exception, \
               possibly burying unrelated errors.'),
     'W0704': ('Except doesn\'t do anything',
-              'pointless-except',
+              'empty-except',
               'Used when an except clause does nothing but "pass" and there is\
               no "else" clause.'),
     'W0710': ('Exception doesn\'t inherit from standard "Exception" class',
diff -r 0986f4b8caef -r ed3634da2616 checkers/logging.py
--- a/checkers/logging.py	Tue Sep 18 14:05:00 2012 +1000
+++ b/checkers/logging.py	Thu Sep 20 17:44:00 2012 +1000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Google, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Google, Inc.
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 # the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 # Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 MSGS = {
     'W1201': ('Specify string format arguments as logging function parameters',
-             'logging-not-lazy',
+             'logging-eager-formatting',
              'Used when a logging statement has a call form of '
              '"logging.<logging method>(format_string % (format_args...))". '
              'Such calls should leave string interpolation to the logging '
diff -r 0986f4b8caef -r ed3634da2616 checkers/newstyle.py
--- a/checkers/newstyle.py	Tue Sep 18 14:05:00 2012 +1000
+++ b/checkers/newstyle.py	Thu Sep 20 17:44:00 2012 +1000
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 MSGS = {
     'E1001': ('Use of __slots__ on an old style class',
-              'slots-on-old-class',
+              'slots-on-old-style-class',
               'Used when an old style class uses the __slots__ attribute.'),
     'E1002': ('Use of super on an old style class',
               'super-on-old-class',