diff --git a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
index aa7aa24e..8bb74c01 100644
--- a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
+++ b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ If you have a Hub account you can have Abra log you in to avoid this. Pass
 			logMsg = fmt.Sprintf("ensuring %v recipe is up-to-date", barLength)
 		} else {
 			barLength = len(repos)
-			logMsg = fmt.Sprintf("ensuring %v recipes are up-to-date, this could take some time...", barLength)
+			logMsg = fmt.Sprintf("ensuring %v recipes are cloned & up-to-date, this could take some time...", barLength)
 		}
 
 		if !internal.SkipUpdates {
diff --git a/pkg/compose/compose.go b/pkg/compose/compose.go
index ee683a50..688c0876 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/compose.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func UpdateLabel(pattern, serviceName, label, recipeName string) error {
 
 		if !discovered {
 			logrus.Warn("no existing label found, automagic insertion not supported yet")
-			logrus.Fatalf("add \"%s\" manually to the 'app' service in %s", label, composeFile)
+			logrus.Fatalf("add '- \"%s\"' manually to the 'app' service in %s", label, composeFile)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index 53cbf82d..2ea5ac6b 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ func GetRecipeFeaturesAndCategory(recipeName string) (Features, string, error) {
 	}
 
 	readmeMetadata, err := GetStringInBetween( // Find text between delimiters
+		recipeName,
 		string(readmeFS),
 		"<!-- metadata -->", "<!-- endmetadata -->",
 	)
@@ -499,13 +500,13 @@ func GetImageMetadata(imageRowString, recipeName string) (Image, error) {
 
 	imgString := imgFields[0]
 
-	imageName, err := GetStringInBetween(imgString, "[", "]")
+	imageName, err := GetStringInBetween(recipeName, imgString, "[", "]")
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	img.Image = strings.ReplaceAll(imageName, "`", "")
 
-	imageURL, err := GetStringInBetween(imgString, "(", ")")
+	imageURL, err := GetStringInBetween(recipeName, imgString, "(", ")")
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -515,17 +516,17 @@ func GetImageMetadata(imageRowString, recipeName string) (Image, error) {
 }
 
 // GetStringInBetween returns empty string if no start or end string found
-func GetStringInBetween(str, start, end string) (result string, err error) {
+func GetStringInBetween(recipeName, str, start, end string) (result string, err error) {
 	s := strings.Index(str, start)
 	if s == -1 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("marker string %s not found", start)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: marker string %s not found", recipeName, start)
 	}
 
 	s += len(start)
 	e := strings.Index(str[s:], end)
 
 	if e == -1 {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("end marker %s not found", end)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s: end marker %s not found", recipeName, end)
 	}
 
 	return str[s : s+e], nil