diff --git a/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c b/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
index f13a11cd..f3ffb5d1 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ not_ntfs:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static const char *last_sector_error =
+"HINTS: Either the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't setup yet,\n"
+"   or it was not setup correctly (e.g. by not using mdadm --build ...),\n"
+"   or a wrong device is tried to be mounted,\n"
+"   or the partition table is corrupt (partition is smaller than NTFS),\n"
+"   or the NTFS boot sector is corrupt (NTFS size is not valid).\n";
+
 /**
  * ntfs_boot_sector_parse - setup an ntfs volume from an ntfs boot sector
  * @vol:	ntfs_volume to setup
@@ -198,9 +205,7 @@ int ntfs_boot_sector_parse(ntfs_volume *vol, const NTFS_BOOT_SECTOR *bs)
 				  SEEK_SET) == -1) {
 		ntfs_log_perror("Failed to read last sector (%lld)",
 			       	(long long)sectors);
-		ntfs_log_error("Perhaps the volume is a RAID/LDM but it wasn't "
-			       "setup yet, or the\nwrong device was used, "
-			       "or the partition table is incorrect.\n" );
+		ntfs_log_error("%s", last_sector_error);
 		return -1;
 	}