diff --git a/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs b/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
index 1dc8e138..712a90fd 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/fig/map.rs
@@ -1302,10 +1302,10 @@ impl<'a> Mapper<'a> {
             }
         }
         if has_uninterpreted {
-            self.warn("metadata for styled vector network segments was not interpreted");
+            self.warn("style settings of some vector segments aren't supported; those segments use the layer's stroke");
         }
         if has_missing {
-            self.warn("vector network segments reference missing style entries");
+            self.warn("some vector segments refer to style settings missing from the file; they use the layer's stroke");
         }
         // An open path shows its fill, which regions can't hold: the outline keeps the look.
         let fills_shown =
diff --git a/crates/format/src/fig/tail_tests.rs b/crates/format/src/fig/tail_tests.rs
index 657ff6ff..bc4f31cc 100644
--- a/crates/format/src/fig/tail_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/format/src/fig/tail_tests.rs
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ fn per_segment_stroke_styles_are_reported() {
     };
     assert_eq!(network::decode_styled(&square_blob()).unwrap().1, 0);
     let plain = import(&tail_canvas(), "Tail").unwrap().1;
-    assert!(!plain.iter().any(|w| w.contains("vector network segments")), "{plain:?}");
-    let uninterpreted = |w: &String| w.contains("metadata for styled vector network segments was not interpreted");
-    let missing = |w: &String| w.contains("vector network segments reference missing style entries");
+    assert!(!plain.iter().any(|w| w.contains("vector segments")), "{plain:?}");
+    let uninterpreted = |w: &String| w.contains("style settings of some vector segments aren't supported; those segments use the layer's stroke");
+    let missing = |w: &String| w.contains("some vector segments refer to style settings missing from the file; they use the layer's stroke");
     // Style 1 has a row in the layer's override table; its contents are not applied.
     let known = styled_import(1);
     assert_eq!(known.iter().filter(|w| uninterpreted(w)).count(), 1, "{known:?}");