diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/OnlineFeedViewActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/OnlineFeedViewActivity.java
index bd2c7f9a6..c6f2cc84b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/OnlineFeedViewActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/activity/OnlineFeedViewActivity.java
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.graphics.LightingColorFilter;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.text.Spannable;
+import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -288,11 +291,7 @@ public class OnlineFeedViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                 dialog.show();
             }
         } else {
-            String errorMsg = status.getReason().getErrorString(OnlineFeedViewActivity.this);
-            if (status.getReasonDetailed() != null) {
-                errorMsg += " (" + status.getReasonDetailed() + ")";
-            }
-            showErrorDialog(errorMsg);
+            showErrorDialog(status.getReason().getErrorString(OnlineFeedViewActivity.this), status.getReasonDetailed());
         }
     }
 
@@ -324,18 +323,17 @@ public class OnlineFeedViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         parser = Observable.fromCallable(this::doParseFeed)
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.computation())
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
-                .subscribe(optionalResult -> {
-                    if(optionalResult.isPresent()) {
-                        FeedHandlerResult result = optionalResult.get();
-                        beforeShowFeedInformation(result.feed);
-                        showFeedInformation(result.feed, result.alternateFeedUrls);
-                    }
-                }, error -> {
-                    String errorMsg = DownloadError.ERROR_PARSER_EXCEPTION.getErrorString(
-                            OnlineFeedViewActivity.this) + " (" + error.getMessage() + ")";
-                    showErrorDialog(errorMsg);
-                    Log.d(TAG, "Feed parser exception: " + Log.getStackTraceString(error));
-                });
+                .subscribe(
+                    optionalResult -> {
+                        if (optionalResult.isPresent()) {
+                            FeedHandlerResult result = optionalResult.get();
+                            beforeShowFeedInformation(result.feed);
+                            showFeedInformation(result.feed, result.alternateFeedUrls);
+                        }
+                    }, error -> {
+                        showErrorDialog(error.getMessage(), "");
+                        Log.d(TAG, "Feed parser exception: " + Log.getStackTraceString(error));
+                    });
     }
 
     @NonNull
@@ -350,8 +348,7 @@ public class OnlineFeedViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                 if (dialogShown) {
                     return Optional.empty();
                 } else {
-                    Log.d(TAG, "Supplied feed is an HTML web page that has no references to any feed");
-                    throw e;
+                    throw new UnsupportedFeedtypeException(getString(R.string.download_error_unsupported_type_html));
                 }
             } else {
                 throw e;
@@ -570,12 +567,16 @@ public class OnlineFeedViewActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     }
 
     @UiThread
-    private void showErrorDialog(String errorMsg) {
+    private void showErrorDialog(String errorMsg, String details) {
         if (!isFinishing() && !isPaused) {
             AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
             builder.setTitle(R.string.error_label);
             if (errorMsg != null) {
-                builder.setMessage(errorMsg);
+                String total = errorMsg + "\n\n" + details;
+                SpannableString errorMessage = new SpannableString(total);
+                errorMessage.setSpan(new ForegroundColorSpan(0x88888888),
+                        errorMsg.length(), total.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+                builder.setMessage(errorMessage);
             } else {
                 builder.setMessage(R.string.download_error_error_unknown);
             }
diff --git a/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 8bdd735f2..c29a24ead 100644
--- a/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     <string name="download_error_unsupported_type_html">The podcast host\'s server sent a website, not a podcast.</string>
     <string name="download_error_not_found">The podcast host\'s server does not know where to find the file. It may have been deleted.</string>
     <string name="download_error_connection_error">Connection Error</string>
-    <string name="download_error_unknown_host">Unknown Host</string>
+    <string name="download_error_unknown_host">Cannot find the server. Check if the address is typed correctly and if you have a working network connection.</string>
     <string name="download_error_unauthorized">Authentication Error</string>
     <string name="download_error_file_type_type">File Type Error</string>
     <string name="download_error_forbidden">The podcast host\'s server refuses to respond.</string>