diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index e9d52bb..5f629c0 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                       '/etc/group': '/etc/group should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
                       '/etc/shadow': '/etc/shadow should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
                       '/etc/gshadow': '/etc/gshadow should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
-                      '${sysconfdir}/hostname': '${sysconfdir}/hostname contents should be set by setting hostname_pn-base-files = "value" in configuration',}
+                      '${sysconfdir}/hostname': '${sysconfdir}/hostname contents should be set by setting hostname:pn-base-files = "value" in configuration',}
 
     for pthspec, message in invalidtargets.items():
         if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(targetpath, d.expand(pthspec)):
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                         for fullpth in dictval.keys():
                             if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(fullpth, targetpath):
                                 recipes[targetpath].append(pn)
-                    elif line.startswith('pkg_preinst_') or line.startswith('pkg_postinst_'):
+                    elif line.startswith('pkg_preinst:') or line.startswith('pkg_postinst:'):
                         scriptval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape')
                         if 'update-alternatives --install %s ' % targetpath in scriptval:
                             recipes[targetpath].append('?%s' % pn)