diff --git a/ReactNativeClient/src/synchronizer.js b/ReactNativeClient/src/synchronizer.js
index 444f460c39..5f693b16e4 100644
--- a/ReactNativeClient/src/synchronizer.js
+++ b/ReactNativeClient/src/synchronizer.js
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ class Synchronizer {
 				if (local.syncTime) {
 					action.type = 'delete';
 					action.dest = 'local';
-					action.reason = 'Local item has been synced to remote previously, but remote no longer exist, which means it has been deleted';
+					action.reason = 'Local has been synced to remote previously, but remote no longer exist, which means remote has been deleted';
 				} else {
 					action.type = 'create';
 					action.dest = 'remote';
-					action.reason = 'Local item has never been synced to remote, and remote does not exists, which means it is new';
+					action.reason = 'Local has never been synced to remote, and remote does not exists, which means remote must be created';
 				}
 			} else {
 				if (this.itemIsStrictlyOlderThan(local, local.syncTime)) continue;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Synchronizer {
 					action.reason = sprintf('Remote (%s) was modified after last sync of local (%s).', moment.unix(remote.updatedTime).toISOString(), moment.unix(local.syncTime).toISOString(),);
 				} else if (this.itemIsStrictlyNewerThan(remote, local.syncTime)) {
 					action.type = 'conflict';
-					action.reason = sprintf('Both remote (%s) and local items (%s) were modified after the last sync (%s).',
+					action.reason = sprintf('Both remote (%s) and local (%s) were modified after the last sync (%s).',
 						moment.unix(remote.updatedTime).toISOString(),
 						moment.unix(local.updatedTime).toISOString(),
 						moment.unix(local.syncTime).toISOString()
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ class Synchronizer {
 				// modified since the last sync, it's been processed in the previous loop.
 				// So throw an exception is this normally impossible condition happens anyway.
 				// It's handled at condition this.itemIsStrictlyNewerThan(remote, local.syncTime) in above loop
-				if (this.itemIsStrictlyNewerThan(remote, local.syncTime)) throw new Error('Remote item cannot be newer than last sync time.');
+				if (this.itemIsStrictlyNewerThan(remote, local.syncTime)) throw new Error('Remote cannot be newer than last sync time.');
 
 				if (this.itemIsStrictlyNewerThan(remote, local.updatedTime)) {
 					action.type = 'update';
 					action.dest = 'local';
-					action.reason = sprintf('Remote (%s) was modified after last sync of local (%s).', moment.unix(remote.updatedTime).toISOString(), moment.unix(local.syncTime).toISOString(),);;
+					action.reason = sprintf('Remote (%s) was modified after local (%s).', moment.unix(remote.updatedTime).toISOString(), moment.unix(local.updatedTime).toISOString(),);;
 				} else {
 					continue;
 				}