diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 424d485a8..adb7db50b 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(ssize_t *nreadp, /* return number of bytes read */
         Curl_tvdiff(Curl_tvnow(), now)/1000; /* spent time */
 
     if(timeout <=0 ) {
-      failf(data, "Transfer aborted due to timeout");
+      failf(data, "FTP response timeout");
       return CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT; /* already too little time */
     }
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_GetFTPResponse(ssize_t *nreadp, /* return number of bytes read */
       switch (select (sockfd+1, &readfd, NULL, NULL, &interval)) {
       case -1: /* select() error, stop reading */
         result = CURLE_RECV_ERROR;
-        failf(data, "Transfer aborted due to select() error: %d", errno);
+        failf(data, "FTP response aborted due to select() error: %d", errno);
         break;
       case 0: /* timeout */
         if(Curl_pgrsUpdate(conn))