diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/repositories/AbstractManagedRepositoriesAction.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/repositories/AbstractManagedRepositoriesAction.java
index 7fc658676..a16700f75 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/repositories/AbstractManagedRepositoriesAction.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/repositories/AbstractManagedRepositoriesAction.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractManagedRepositoriesAction
         }
         if ( !file.exists() || !file.isDirectory() )
         {
-            throw new IOException( "unable to add repository - can not create the root directory: " + file );
+            throw new IOException( "Unable to add repository - no write access, can not create the root directory: " + file );
         }
 
         configuration.addManagedRepository( repository );
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
index 55bbda151..d31e092de 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/jsp/admin/addRepository.jsp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 <h1>Admin: Add Managed Repository</h1>
 
 <div id="contentArea">
-
+  <ww:actionerror/>
   <ww:actionmessage/>
   <ww:form method="post" action="addRepository!commit" namespace="/admin" validate="true">
     <ww:textfield name="repository.id" label="Identifier" size="10" required="true"/>