diff --git a/ldap.go b/ldap.go
index 0f7ad15..c9e6b25 100644
--- a/ldap.go
+++ b/ldap.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/base64"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -99,8 +98,11 @@ func (l LDAPConn) SearchDN(username string, person bool) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if len(sr.Entries) != 1 {
-		return "", errors.New("User does not exist or too many entries returned")
+	if len(sr.Entries) == 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("user %q not found", username)
+	}
+	if len(sr.Entries) > 1 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("multiple entries (%d) found for user %q", len(sr.Entries), username)
 	}
 
 	return sr.Entries[0].DN, nil
@@ -118,8 +120,11 @@ func (l LDAPConn) GetEntry(dn string) ([]*ldap.EntryAttribute, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if len(sr.Entries) != 1 {
-		return nil, errors.New("User does not exist or too many entries returned")
+	if len(sr.Entries) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("entry not found for DN %q", dn)
+	}
+	if len(sr.Entries) > 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("multiple entries (%d) found for DN %q", len(sr.Entries), dn)
 	}
 
 	return sr.Entries[0].Attributes, nil