diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
index 6e9d101a1..5107bf151 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/FlareSolverr/FlareSolverr.cs
@@ -190,16 +190,16 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerProxies.FlareSolverr
 
                 if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
                 {
-                    _logger.Error("Proxy Health Check failed: {0}", response.StatusCode);
-                    failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", string.Format(_localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyCheckBadRequestMessage"), response.StatusCode)));
+                    _logger.Error("Proxy validation failed: {0}", response.StatusCode);
+                    failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", _localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyValidationBadRequest", new Dictionary<string, object> { { "statusCode", response.StatusCode } })));
                 }
 
                 var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FlareSolverrResponse>(response.Content);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex, "Proxy Health Check failed");
-                failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", string.Format(_localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyCheckFailedToTestMessage"), request.Url.Host)));
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Proxy validation failed");
+                failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", _localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyValidationUnableToConnect", new Dictionary<string, object> { { "exceptionMessage", ex.Message } })));
             }
 
             return new ValidationResult(failures);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/HttpIndexerProxyBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/HttpIndexerProxyBase.cs
index b82251d6e..d7c9acc23 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/HttpIndexerProxyBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerProxies/HttpIndexerProxyBase.cs
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerProxies
                 // We only care about 400 responses, other error codes can be ignored
                 if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
                 {
-                    _logger.Error("Proxy Health Check failed: {0}", response.StatusCode);
-                    failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", string.Format("Failed to test proxy. StatusCode: {0}", response.StatusCode)));
+                    _logger.Error("Proxy validation failed: {0}", response.StatusCode);
+                    failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", _localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyValidationBadRequest", new Dictionary<string, object> { { "statusCode", response.StatusCode } })));
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex, "Proxy Health Check failed");
-                failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", string.Format("Failed to test proxy: {0}", ex.Message)));
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Proxy validation failed");
+                failures.Add(new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", _localizationService.GetLocalizedString("ProxyValidationUnableToConnect", new Dictionary<string, object> { { "exceptionMessage", ex.Message } })));
             }
 
             return new ValidationResult(failures);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
index 4fbfbf10a..0fe36c444 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Localization/Core/en.json
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@
   "ProxyResolveIpHealthCheckMessage": "Failed to resolve the IP Address for the Configured Proxy Host {proxyHostName}",
   "ProxyType": "Proxy Type",
   "ProxyUsernameHelpText": "You only need to enter a username and password if one is required. Leave them blank otherwise.",
+  "ProxyValidationBadRequest": "Failed to test proxy. Status code: {statusCode}",
+  "ProxyValidationUnableToConnect": "Unable to connect to proxy: {exceptionMessage}. Check the log surrounding this error for details",
   "Public": "Public",
   "Publisher": "Publisher",
   "Query": "Query",