diff --git a/src/attica/atticaprovider.cpp b/src/attica/atticaprovider.cpp
--- a/src/attica/atticaprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/attica/atticaprovider.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
     qCDebug(KNEWSTUFFCORE) << "job error: " << job->metadata().error() << " status code: " << job->metadata().statusCode() << job->metadata().message();
 
     if (job->metadata().error() == Attica::Metadata::NetworkError) {
-        emit signalError(i18n("Network error. (%1)", job->metadata().statusCode()));
+        emit signalError(i18n("Network error %1: %2", job->metadata().statusCode(), job->metadata().error()));
     }
     if (job->metadata().error() == Attica::Metadata::OcsError) {
         if (job->metadata().statusCode() == 200) {
diff --git a/src/core/engine.cpp b/src/core/engine.cpp
--- a/src/core/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/core/engine.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         group = conf.group("KNewStuff2");
     } else {
         emit signalError(i18n("Configuration file is invalid: \"%1\"", configfile));
-        qCritical() << "A knsrc file was found but it doesn't contain a KNewStuff3 section." << endl;
+        qCritical() << configfile << " doesn't contain a KNewStuff3 section.";
         return false;
     }