diff --git a/mu/mu-config.hh b/mu/mu-config.hh
index 93c465bf..acc2f4d3 100644
--- a/mu/mu-config.hh
+++ b/mu/mu-config.hh
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ struct _MuConfig {
 	/* options for indexing */
 
 	gboolean        nocleanup;	/* don't cleanup del'd mails from db */
-	gboolean        rebuild;	/* empty the database before indexing */
 	gboolean        lazycheck;      /* don't check dirs with up-to-date
 					 * timestamps */
 
diff --git a/toys/mug/mug.cc b/toys/mug/mug.cc
index 5833ee4a..a5ff2fb2 100644
--- a/toys/mug/mug.cc
+++ b/toys/mug/mug.cc
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ on_list_view_error (MugMsgListView * mlist, MugError err, MugData * mugdata)
 	switch (err) {
 	case MUG_ERROR_XAPIAN_NOT_UPTODATE:
 		msg = "The Xapian Database has the wrong version\n"
-		    "Please run 'mu index --rebuild'";
+		      "Please run 'mu init'";
 		break;
 	case MUG_ERROR_XAPIAN_DIR:
 		msg = "Cannot find the Xapian database dir\n"