From b6f07431b6be22388937e94b0cd876d68c085a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <kegan@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:24:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Slightly better wording

---
 clientapi/routing/redaction.go | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clientapi/routing/redaction.go b/clientapi/routing/redaction.go
index 84d3454b8..fd80e0ab4 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/redaction.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/redaction.go
@@ -74,14 +74,16 @@ func SendRedaction(
 		if plEvent == nil {
 			return util.JSONResponse{
 				Code: 403,
-				JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("cannot redact event, missing pl event"),
+				JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("You don't have permission to redact this event, no power_levels event in this room."),
 			}
 		}
 		pl, err := plEvent.PowerLevels()
 		if err != nil {
 			return util.JSONResponse{
 				Code: 403,
-				JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("cannot redact event, malformed pl event"),
+				JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden(
+					"You don't have permission to redact this event, the power_levels event for this room is malformed so auth checks cannot be performed.",
+				),
 			}
 		}
 		allowedToRedact = pl.UserLevel(device.UserID) >= pl.Redact
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func SendRedaction(
 	if !allowedToRedact {
 		return util.JSONResponse{
 			Code: 403,
-			JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("cannot redact event"),
+			JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden("You don't have permission to redact this event, power level too low."),
 		}
 	}