diff --git a/field.go b/field.go
index b516e129d..519a3c0d5 100644
--- a/field.go
+++ b/field.go
@@ -1683,9 +1683,9 @@ func (f *Field) importValue(qcx *Qcx, columnIDs []uint64, values []int64, shard
 	for i := range columnIDs {
 		columnID, value := columnIDs[i], values[i]
 		if value > bsig.Max {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v, value=%v, columnID=%v", ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh, value, columnID)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v, imported value = %v, columnID = %v", ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh, value, columnID)
 		} else if value < bsig.Min {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%v, value=%v, columnID=%v", ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow, value, columnID)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v, imported value = %v, columnID = %v", ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow, value, columnID)
 		}
 		if value > max {
 			max = value
diff --git a/pilosa.go b/pilosa.go
index 6359871a1..ac089fbe7 100644
--- a/pilosa.go
+++ b/pilosa.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidBSIGroupType      = errors.New("invalid bsigroup type")
 	ErrInvalidBSIGroupRange     = errors.New("invalid bsigroup range")
 	ErrInvalidBSIGroupValueType = errors.New("invalid bsigroup value type")
-	ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow      = errors.New("bsigroup value too low")
-	ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh     = errors.New("bsigroup value too high")
+	ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow      = errors.New("imported value too low for configured field range")
+	ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh     = errors.New("imported value too high for configured field range")
 	ErrInvalidRangeOperation    = errors.New("invalid range operation")
 	ErrInvalidBetweenValue      = errors.New("invalid value for between operation")
 	ErrDecimalOutOfRange        = errors.New("decimal value out of range")