diff --git a/lib/gui/components/flash-error-modal/templates/flash-error-modal.tpl.html b/lib/gui/components/flash-error-modal/templates/flash-error-modal.tpl.html
index a31a206b..7110b76f 100644
--- a/lib/gui/components/flash-error-modal/templates/flash-error-modal.tpl.html
+++ b/lib/gui/components/flash-error-modal/templates/flash-error-modal.tpl.html
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="modal-body">
-  <div class="modal-text">{{ ::modal.data.message }}</div>
+  <div class="modal-text">
+    <p>{{ ::modal.data.message }}</p>
+  </div>
 </div>
 
 <div class="modal-footer">
diff --git a/lib/shared/messages.js b/lib/shared/messages.js
index 778c4e4a..faac24c1 100644
--- a/lib/shared/messages.js
+++ b/lib/shared/messages.js
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ module.exports = {
     genericFlashError: _.template('Oops, seems something went wrong.'),
 
     validation: _.template([
-      'Your removable drive may be corrupted.',
-      'Try inserting a different one and try again.'
+      'The write has been completed successfully but Etcher detected potential',
+      'corruption issues when reading the image back from the drive.',
+      '\n\nPlease consider writing the image to a different drive.'
     ].join(' ')),
 
     invalidImage: _.template('<%= image.path %> is not a supported image type.'),