diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index e5c02316bf..1676f352dd 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -1302,3 +1302,7 @@ Miguel G (Migwel@github)
   * Reported, contributed fix for #3025: UntypedObjectDeserializer` mixes multiple unwrapped
     collections (related to #2733)
    (2.12.2)
+
+Jelle Voost (jellevoost@github)
+  * Reported #3038: Two cases of incorrect error reporting about DeserializationFeature
+   (2.12.2)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 11e0005df4..3eac12d0d1 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #3025: UntypedObjectDeserializer` mixes multiple unwrapped
   collections (related to #2733)
  (fix contributed by Migwel@github)
+#3038: Two cases of incorrect error reporting about DeserializationFeature
+ (reported by Jelle V)
 
 2.12.1 (08-Jan-2021)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/impl/PropertyValueBuffer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/impl/PropertyValueBuffer.java
index 95fa25e622..67b20ba020 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/impl/PropertyValueBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/impl/PropertyValueBuffer.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public Object getParameter(SettableBeanProperty prop)
         }
         if (value == null && _context.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_CREATOR_PROPERTIES)) {
             return _context.reportInputMismatch(prop,
-                "Null value for creator property '%s' (index %d); `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_CREATOR_PARAMETERS` enabled",
+                "Null value for creator property '%s' (index %d); `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_CREATOR_PROPERTIES` enabled",
                 prop.getName(), prop.getCreatorIndex());
         }
         return value;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public Object[] getParameters(SettableBeanProperty[] props)
                 if (_creatorParameters[ix] == null) {
                     SettableBeanProperty prop = props[ix];
                     _context.reportInputMismatch(prop,
-                            "Null value for creator property '%s' (index %d); `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_CREATOR_PARAMETERS` enabled",
+                            "Null value for creator property '%s' (index %d); `DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_CREATOR_PROPERTIES` enabled",
                             prop.getName(), props[ix].getCreatorIndex());
                 }
             }