diff --git a/mu/mu-config.hh b/mu/mu-config.hh
index 2a9ada74..2a6b51c3 100644
--- a/mu/mu-config.hh
+++ b/mu/mu-config.hh
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ 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 a90cddae..0a17d0ad 100644
--- a/toys/mug/mug.cc
+++ b/toys/mug/mug.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ 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"