diff --git a/pynitrokey/nk3/admin_app.py b/pynitrokey/nk3/admin_app.py
index a6285e3f..9c82df37 100644
--- a/pynitrokey/nk3/admin_app.py
+++ b/pynitrokey/nk3/admin_app.py
@@ -79,11 +79,15 @@ def from_int(cls, i: int) -> Optional["FactoryResetStatus"]:
     def check(cls, i: int, msg: str) -> None:
         status = FactoryResetStatus.from_int(i)
         if status != FactoryResetStatus.SUCCESS:
-            if status:
-                error = str(status)
-            else:
-                error = f"unknown error {i:x}"
-            raise Exception(f"{msg}: {error}")
+            if status is None:
+                raise Exception(f"Unknown error {i:x}")
+            if status == FactoryResetStatus.NOT_CONFIRMED:
+                error = "Operation was not confirmed with touch"
+            elif status == FactoryResetStatus.APP_NOT_ALLOWED:
+                error = "The application does not support factory reset through nitropy"
+            elif status == APP_FAILED_PARSE:
+                error = "The application name must be utf-8"
+            local_critical(f"{msg}: {error}", support_hint=False)
 
 
 @enum.unique