diff --git a/common/models/user.js b/common/models/user.js
index 95596ecd74..622d5f73f4 100644
--- a/common/models/user.js
+++ b/common/models/user.js
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 
         req.flash('error', {
           msg:
-            `email ${req.body.email} is already in user, try signing in instead`
+            `The ${req.body.email} email address is already associated with an account. 
+            Try signing in with it here instead.`
         });
 
         return res.redirect('/email-signin');
diff --git a/server/views/account/show.jade b/server/views/account/show.jade
index 3f7b11a100..f107eb7e73 100644
--- a/server/views/account/show.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/show.jade
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ block content
                             .modal-footer
                                 a.btn.btn-success.btn-block(href='#', data-dismiss='modal', aria-hidden='true')
                                     span.ion-happy
-                                    | Nevermind, I don't want to delete all my progress
-                                .btn-spacer
+                                    | Nevermind, I don't want to delete all of my progress
+                                .spacer
                                 form(action='/account/delete', method='POST')
                                     input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
                                     button.btn.btn-danger.btn-block(type='submit')
                                         span.ion-trash-b
-                                        | I am 100% sure I want to delete all my progress
+                                        | I am 100% sure I want to delete my account and all of my progress