diff --git a/lib/gssapi/display_status.c b/lib/gssapi/display_status.c
index 59c3bcf0f..4bb0a2677 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/display_status.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/display_status.c
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 RCSID("$Id$");
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 calling_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	NULL,			/* 0 */
 	"A required input parameter could not be read.", /*  */
 	"A required output parameter could not be written.", /*  */
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ calling_error(OM_uint32 v)
 	return msgs[v];
 }
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 routine_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	NULL,			/* 0 */
 	"An unsupported mechanism was requested",
 	"An invalid name was supplied",
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ routine_error(OM_uint32 v)
 	return msgs[v];
 }
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 supplementary_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	"normal completion",
 	"continuation call to routine required",
 	"duplicate per-message token detected",
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/krb5/display_status.c b/lib/gssapi/krb5/display_status.c
index 59c3bcf0f..4bb0a2677 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/krb5/display_status.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/krb5/display_status.c
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 RCSID("$Id$");
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 calling_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	NULL,			/* 0 */
 	"A required input parameter could not be read.", /*  */
 	"A required output parameter could not be written.", /*  */
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ calling_error(OM_uint32 v)
 	return msgs[v];
 }
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 routine_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	NULL,			/* 0 */
 	"An unsupported mechanism was requested",
 	"An invalid name was supplied",
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ routine_error(OM_uint32 v)
 	return msgs[v];
 }
 
-static char *
+static const char *
 supplementary_error(OM_uint32 v)
 {
-    static char *msgs[] = {
+    static const char *msgs[] = {
 	"normal completion",
 	"continuation call to routine required",
 	"duplicate per-message token detected",