diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ac4926ae51882dcbde2bd696947515a599199bad..f19d8f1597f61549dbbc3fe990e381b364203afb 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func checkCertificates(dnsname string, certificate string, fullchain string, ca
 	certPEM, err := ioutil.ReadFile(certificate)
 	if err != nil {
 		if fail == true {
-			fmt.Printf("%v %v\n", errMsg, err)
+			fmt.Printf("%v could not access certificate %v\n", errMsg, err)
 			appExit(255)
 		} else {
 			return false
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func checkCertificates(dnsname string, certificate string, fullchain string, ca
 	certFullchainPEM, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fullchain)
 	if err != nil {
 		if fail == true {
-			fmt.Printf("%v %v\n", errMsg, err)
+			fmt.Printf("%v could not access full chain %v\n", errMsg, err)
 			appExit(255)
 		} else {
 			return false
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func checkCertificates(dnsname string, certificate string, fullchain string, ca
 	rootPEM, err := ioutil.ReadFile(ca)
 	if err != nil {
 		if fail == true {
-			fmt.Printf("%v %v\n", errMsg, err)
+			fmt.Printf("%v could not access full CA %v\n", errMsg, err)
 			appExit(255)
 		} else {
 			return false