diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
index aaaaa622..40d3f773 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ gboolean      ostree_repo_write_config (OstreeRepo *self,
  * @OSTREE_REPO_COMMIT_STATE_PARTIAL: One or more objects are missing from the
  *    local copy of the commit, but metadata is present. (Since: 2015.7.)
  * @OSTREE_REPO_COMMIT_STATE_FSCK_PARTIAL: One or more objects are missing from the
- *    local copy of the commit, due to an fsck --delete. (Since: 2019.3.)
+ *    local copy of the commit, due to an fsck --delete. (Since: 2019.4.)
  *
  * Flags representing the state of a commit in the local repository, as returned
  * by ostree_repo_load_commit().
diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
index 44e98a76..5ad3bf38 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-builtin-fsck.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ ostree_builtin_fsck (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocation,
     return glnx_throw (error, "Repository corruption encountered");
 
   if (n_fsck_partial > 0)
-    return glnx_throw (error, "%u fsck deleted partial commits not verified", n_partial);
+    return glnx_throw (error, "%u partial commits from fsck-detected corruption", n_partial);
 
   return TRUE;
 }