diff --git a/src/jtag/adapter.c b/src/jtag/adapter.c
index b7feac575..eb73fcb9a 100644
--- a/src/jtag/adapter.c
+++ b/src/jtag/adapter.c
@@ -136,9 +136,11 @@ int adapter_init(struct command_context *cmd_ctx)
 
 	int retval;
 
-	if (adapter_config.clock_mode == CLOCK_MODE_UNSELECTED) {
+	/* If the adapter supports configurable speed but the speed is not configured,
+	 * provide a hint to the user. */
+	if (adapter_driver->speed && adapter_config.clock_mode == CLOCK_MODE_UNSELECTED) {
 		LOG_WARNING("An adapter speed is not selected in the init scripts."
-			" OpenOCD will try to run the adapter at the low speed (%d kHz)",
+			" OpenOCD will try to run the adapter at very low speed (%d kHz).",
 			DEFAULT_CLOCK_SPEED_KHZ);
 		LOG_WARNING("To remove this warnings and achieve reasonable communication speed with the target,"
 		    " set \"adapter speed\" or \"jtag_rclk\" in the init scripts.");
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ int adapter_init(struct command_context *cmd_ctx)
 	adapter_config.adapter_initialized = true;
 
 	if (!adapter_driver->speed) {
-		LOG_INFO("This adapter doesn't support configurable speed");
+		LOG_INFO("Note: The adapter \"%s\" doesn't support configurable speed", adapter_driver->name);
 		return ERROR_OK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/transport/transport.c b/src/transport/transport.c
index d72a48baa..c05db3f00 100644
--- a/src/transport/transport.c
+++ b/src/transport/transport.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int allow_transports(struct command_context *ctx, const char * const *vector)
 
 	/* autoselect if there's no choice ... */
 	if (!vector[1]) {
-		LOG_INFO("only one transport option; autoselect '%s'", vector[0]);
+		LOG_INFO("only one transport option; autoselecting '%s'", vector[0]);
 		return transport_select(ctx, vector[0]);
 	}