diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/driver.go b/builder/vmware/common/driver.go
index 6e879e5f6..d8180b520 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/driver.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/driver.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func normalizeVersion(version string) (string, error) {
 	i, err := strconv.Atoi(version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf(
-			"VMWare WS version '%s' is not numeric", version)
+			"VMWare version '%s' is not numeric", version)
 	}
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%02d", i), nil
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func compareVersions(versionFound string, versionWanted string) error {
 
 	if found < wanted {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"VMWare WS %s, or greater, is required. Found version: %s", versionWanted, versionFound)
+			"VMWare WS version %s, or greater, is required. Found version: %s", versionWanted, versionFound)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation10_windows.go b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation10_windows.go
index 9b036a9bb..11721e950 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation10_windows.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation10_windows.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func workstationVerifyVersion(version string) error {
 	matches := versionRe.FindStringSubmatch(productVersion)
 	if matches == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"Could not find VMware WS version in registry key %s/subkey: %s", key, subkey, productVersion)
+			`Could not find a VMware WS version in registry key %s\%s: '%s'`, key, subkey, productVersion)
 	}
 	log.Printf("Detected VMware WS version: %s", matches[1])
 
diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation9.go b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation9.go
index 6dd7048cc..76af4419b 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation9.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation9.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type Workstation9Driver struct {
 }
 
 func (d *Workstation9Driver) Clone(dst, src string) error {
-	return errors.New("Cloning is not supported with VMWare WS 9. Please use VMWare WS 10, or greater.")
+	return errors.New("Cloning is not supported with VMWare WS version 9. Please use VMWare WS version 10, or greater.")
 }
 
 func (d *Workstation9Driver) CompactDisk(diskPath string) error {
diff --git a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation_unix.go b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation_unix.go
index efa672862..63b379e7c 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation_unix.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/common/driver_workstation_unix.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func workstationVmnetnatConfPath() string {
 
 func workstationVerifyVersion(version string) error {
 	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("The VMWare WS %s driver is only supported on Linux, and Windows, at the moment. Your OS: %s", version, runtime.GOOS)
+		return fmt.Errorf("The VMWare WS version %s driver is only supported on Linux, and Windows, at the moment. Your OS: %s", version, runtime.GOOS)
 	}
 
 	//TODO(pmyjavec) there is a better way to find this, how?