diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/mode_conf_info.cc b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/mode_conf_info.cc
index b5dc8917db..097d2c898f 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/mode_conf_info.cc
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_shapedata/mode_conf_info.cc
@@ -1922,9 +1922,6 @@ void ModeConfInfo::check_multivar_not_implemented()
    }
 
    if (status) {
-      mlog << Error
-           << "\nModeConfInfo::check_multivar_not_implemented:\n"
-           << "  Some features not yet implemented in multivar mode\n\n";
       exit ( 1 );
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/core/mode/multivar_frontend.cc b/src/tools/core/mode/multivar_frontend.cc
index 3b803af2e2..89749bb53c 100644
--- a/src/tools/core/mode/multivar_frontend.cc
+++ b/src/tools/core/mode/multivar_frontend.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int MultivarFrontEnd::run(const StringArray & Argv)
       exit ( 1 );
    }
 
-   if ((!config.quilt) && NCTF != NCRF || NCTO != NCRO) {
+   if ((!config.quilt) && (NCTF != NCRF || NCTO != NCRO)) {
       mlog << Error << "\nMultivarFrontEnd::run() ->"
            << "all convolution radius and threshold arrays must have the same number of elements without quilting\n\n";
       exit ( 1 );