From 65822cd7c3acc4a12113e2acdf3e4ddba32ed7f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Fellows <matt.fellows@onegeek.com.au>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 23:59:37 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: misleading error message in certain verification
 scenarios

---
 dsl/pact.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dsl/pact.go b/dsl/pact.go
index b1538c78f..3e45280f5 100644
--- a/dsl/pact.go
+++ b/dsl/pact.go
@@ -403,7 +403,10 @@ func (p *Pact) VerifyProvider(t *testing.T, request types.VerifyRequest) ([]type
 	res, err := p.VerifyProviderRaw(request)
 
 	if len(res) == 0 {
-		message := "No pacts found to verify"
+		var message = "no pacts found to verify"
+		if err != nil {
+			message = "error verifying the provider: see returned error for detail"
+		}
 
 		if len(request.Tags) > 0 {
 			message = fmt.Sprintf("%s. Check the tags provided (%s) for your broker (%s) are correct", message, strings.Join(request.Tags, ","), request.BrokerURL)