diff --git a/man/cryptsetup-reencrypt.8 b/man/cryptsetup-reencrypt.8
index 223c8fa3..f2666c80 100644
--- a/man/cryptsetup-reencrypt.8
+++ b/man/cryptsetup-reencrypt.8
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@ but will minimize data loss in the case of system crash.
 .TP
 .B "\-\-uuid" \fI<uuid>\fR
 Use only while resuming an interrupted decryption process (see \-\-decrypt).
-To find out what \fI<uuid>\fR to pass look for temporary files LUKS-<uuid>.[|log|org|new] of the
-interrupted decryption process.
+
+To find out what \fI<uuid>\fR to pass look for temporary files LUKS-<uuid>.[|log|org|new]
+of the interrupted decryption process.
 .TP
 .B "\-\-batch-mode, \-q"
 Suppresses all warnings and reencryption progress output.
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup_reencrypt.c b/src/cryptsetup_reencrypt.c
index 198acd7d..842409d1 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup_reencrypt.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup_reencrypt.c
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static int initialize_uuid(struct reenc_ctx *rc)
 		if (!r)
 			rc->device_uuid = strdup(opt_uuid);
 		else
-			log_err(_("Passed UUID is invalid.\n"));
+			log_err(_("Provided UUID is invalid.\n"));
 
 		return r;
 	}
@@ -1175,7 +1175,8 @@ static int initialize_context(struct reenc_ctx *rc, const char *device)
 
 	if (!rc->in_progress) {
 		if (opt_uuid) {
-			log_err(_("Cannot use passed UUID unless decryption in progress.\n"));
+			log_err(_("No decryption in progress, provided UUID can "
+			"be used only to resume suspended decryption process.\n"));
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}