diff --git a/innobase/srv/srv0start.c b/innobase/srv/srv0start.c
index 4a0335086f0..8e48034e09c 100644
--- a/innobase/srv/srv0start.c
+++ b/innobase/srv/srv0start.c
@@ -1055,34 +1055,15 @@ innobase_start_or_create_for_mysql(void)
           				srv_file_flush_method_str);
 	  	return(DB_ERROR);
 	}
-	
-	/* Set the maximum number of threads which can wait for a semaphore
-	inside InnoDB */
-#if defined(__WIN__) || defined(__NETWARE__)
 
-/* Create less event semaphores because Win 98/ME had difficulty creating
-40000 event semaphores.
-Comment from Novell, Inc.: also, these just take a lot of memory on
-NetWare. */
-	srv_max_n_threads = 1000;
-#else
-	if (srv_pool_size >= 8 * 1024) {
-			          /* Here we still have srv_pool_size counted
-				  in kilobytes, srv_boot converts the value to
-				  pages; if buffer pool is less than 8 MB,
-				  assume fewer threads. */
-		srv_max_n_threads = 10000;
-	} else {
-	        srv_max_n_threads = 1000;	/* saves several MB of memory,
-						especially in 64-bit
-						computers */
-	}
-#endif
 	/* Note that the call srv_boot() also changes the values of
 	srv_pool_size etc. to the units used by InnoDB internally */
 
         /* Set the maximum number of threads which can wait for a semaphore
-        inside InnoDB */
+        inside InnoDB: this is the 'sync wait array' size, as well as the
+	maximum number of threads that can wait in the 'srv_conc array' for
+	their time to enter InnoDB. */
+
 #if defined(__WIN__) || defined(__NETWARE__)
 
 /* Create less event semaphores because Win 98/ME had difficulty creating
@@ -1091,11 +1072,16 @@ Comment from Novell, Inc.: also, these just take a lot of memory on
 NetWare. */
         srv_max_n_threads = 1000;
 #else
-        if (srv_pool_size >= 8 * 1024 * 1024) {
+        if (srv_pool_size >= 1000 * 1024) {
                                   /* Here we still have srv_pool_size counted
-                                  in bytes, srv_boot converts the value to
-                                  pages; if buffer pool is less than 8 MB,
+                                  in kilobytes (in 4.0 this was in bytes)
+				  srv_boot() converts the value to
+                                  pages; if buffer pool is less than 1000 MB,
                                   assume fewer threads. */
+                srv_max_n_threads = 50000;
+
+        } else if (srv_pool_size >= 8 * 1024) {
+
                 srv_max_n_threads = 10000;
         } else {
 		srv_max_n_threads = 1000;       /* saves several MB of memory,
@@ -1103,7 +1089,7 @@ NetWare. */
                                                 computers */
         }
 #endif
-	err = srv_boot();
+	err = srv_boot(); /* This changes srv_pool_size to units of a page */
 
 	if (err != DB_SUCCESS) {
 
diff --git a/innobase/trx/trx0undo.c b/innobase/trx/trx0undo.c
index 79566fe01c3..c1edc223cbc 100644
--- a/innobase/trx/trx0undo.c
+++ b/innobase/trx/trx0undo.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ trx_undo_seg_create(
 	        ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
 	        fprintf(stderr,
 "InnoDB: Warning: cannot find a free slot for an undo log. Do you have too\n"
-"InnoDB: many active transactions running concurrently?");
+"InnoDB: many active transactions running concurrently?\n");
 
 		return(NULL);
 	}