diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useToast.tsx b/frontend/src/hooks/useToast.tsx
index feb09480e3..f9bf8fcc5f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useToast.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useToast.tsx
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ const useToast = () => {
         }));
 
     const setToastApiError = useCallback(
-        (errorText: string, overrides?: IToast) => {
+        (text: string, overrides?: IToast) => {
             setToast({
                 title: 'Something went wrong',
-                text: `We had trouble talking to our API. Here's why: ${errorText}`,
+                text,
                 type: 'error',
                 show: true,
                 autoHideDuration: 12000,
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/apiUtils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
index 9155cf69c3..c0c7c8321d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/apiUtils.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ export class NotFoundError extends Error {
     statusCode: number;
 
     constructor(statusCode: number = NOT_FOUND) {
-        super(
-            'The requested resource could not be found but may be available in the future'
-        );
+        super('The requested resource could not be found.');
         this.name = 'NotFoundError';
         this.statusCode = statusCode;
     }