diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d55d8090..3a5c247c 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
           <h3>fanfiction.net</h3>
           <p>
             Fanfiction.net appears to be blocking access from Google
-            App Engine IPs, which prevents this web service.  There's
+            App Engine, which prevents this web service.  There's
             nothing I can do about it.  At the time of writing, the
             latest CLI and calibre plugin versions worked.
           </p>
diff --git a/status.html b/status.html
index cb2296e0..e71a49eb 100644
--- a/status.html
+++ b/status.html
@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@
 	      by {{ fic.author }} ({{ fic.format }})
 	  {% endif %}
 	  {% if fic.failure %}
-	      <span id='error'>{{ fic.failure }}</span>
+          <h3>fanfiction.net</h3>
+          <p>
+            FYI, fanfiction.net appears to be blocking access from Google
+            App Engine, which prevents this web service.  There's
+            nothing I can do about it.  At the time of writing, the
+            latest CLI and calibre plugin versions worked.
+          </p>
+	  <span id='error'>{{ fic.failure }}</span>
 	  {% endif %}
 	  {% if  not fic.completed and not fic.failure %}
 	      <p>Not done yet.  This page will periodically poll to see if your story has finished.</p>