Please, tell me truth about what debugging status you are displaying.
diff --git a/ripd/rip_debug.c b/ripd/rip_debug.c
index 4f09200..fd735d0 100644
--- a/ripd/rip_debug.c
+++ b/ripd/rip_debug.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
        DEBUG_STR
        RIP_STR)
 {
-  vty_out (vty, "Zebra debugging status:%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+  vty_out (vty, "RIP debugging status:%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
 
   if (IS_RIP_DEBUG_EVENT)
     vty_out (vty, "  RIP event debugging is on%s", VTY_NEWLINE);