diff --git a/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go b/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
index bef74c2d3..ed46e9e00 100644
--- a/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
+++ b/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ const retainBits = fs.ModeSetgid | fs.ModeSetuid | fs.ModeSticky
 var (
 	activity                  = newDeviceActivity()
 	errNoDevice               = errors.New("peers who had this file went away, or the file has changed while syncing. will retry later")
-	errDirHasToBeScanned      = errors.New("directory contains unexpected files, scheduling scan")
-	errDirHasIgnored          = errors.New("directory contains ignored files (see ignore documentation for (?d) prefix)")
-	errDirNotEmpty            = errors.New("directory is not empty; files within are probably ignored on connected devices only")
+	errDirPrefix              = "directory has been deleted on a remote device but "
+	errDirHasToBeScanned      = errors.New(errDirPrefix + "contains unexpected files, scheduling scan")
+	errDirHasIgnored          = errors.New(errDirPrefix + "contains ignored files (see ignore documentation for (?d) prefix)")
+	errDirNotEmpty            = errors.New(errDirPrefix + "is not empty; the contents are probably ignored on that remote device, but not locally")
 	errNotAvailable           = errors.New("no connected device has the required version of this file")
 	errModified               = errors.New("file modified but not rescanned; will try again later")
 	errUnexpectedDirOnFileDel = errors.New("encountered directory when trying to remove file/symlink")
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ func (f *sendReceiveFolder) deleteDir(file protocol.FileInfo, snap *db.Snapshot,
 	}()
 
 	if err = f.deleteDirOnDisk(file.Name, snap, scanChan); err != nil {
-		f.newPullError(file.Name, errors.Wrap(err, "delete dir"))
+		f.newPullError(file.Name, err)
 		return
 	}