diff --git a/supertokens_python/auth_utils.py b/supertokens_python/auth_utils.py
index 18b7fbeb..ab0061f9 100644
--- a/supertokens_python/auth_utils.py
+++ b/supertokens_python/auth_utils.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ async def check_auth_type_and_linking_status(
         if session_user_result.status == "SHOULD_AUTOMATICALLY_LINK_FALSE":
             if should_try_linking_with_session_user is True:
                 raise BadInputError(
-                    "should_do_automatic_account_linking returned false when creating primary user but shouldTryLinkingWithSessionUser is true"
+                    "shouldDoAutomaticAccountLinking returned false when making the session user primary but shouldTryLinkingWithSessionUser is true"
                 )
             return OkFirstFactorResponse()
         elif (
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ async def check_auth_type_and_linking_status(
         if isinstance(should_link, ShouldNotAutomaticallyLink):
             if should_try_linking_with_session_user is True:
                 raise BadInputError(
-                    "should_do_automatic_account_linking returned false when creating primary user but shouldTryLinkingWithSessionUser is true"
+                    "shouldDoAutomaticAccountLinking returned false when making the session user primary but shouldTryLinkingWithSessionUser is true"
                 )
             return OkFirstFactorResponse()
         else:
diff --git a/tests/test-server/app.py b/tests/test-server/app.py
index 8ee45dd7..bdfd9206 100644
--- a/tests/test-server/app.py
+++ b/tests/test-server/app.py
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ async def custom_unauthorised_callback(
                 _: BaseRequest, __: str, response: BaseResponse
             ) -> BaseResponse:
                 response.set_status_code(401)
-                response.set_json_content(content={"type": "UNAUTHORISED"})
+                response.set_json_content(
+                    content={"type": "UNAUTHORISED", "message": "unauthorised"}
+                )
                 return response
 
             recipe_config_json = json.loads(recipe_config.get("config", "{}"))