diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index e902577..e3be55d 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -941,9 +941,9 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
   function addGhost(opts, cb) {
     if (!opts) return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires an `opts`'))
     // prettier-ignore
-    if (!opts.tangleID || typeof opts.tangleID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires tangleID for the deleted msg in `opts.tangle`'))
+    if (!opts.tangleID || typeof opts.tangleID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires tangleID for the deleted msg in `opts.tangleID`'))
     // prettier-ignore
-    if (!opts.msgID || typeof opts.msgID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires msgID of the deleted msg in `opts.msg`'))
+    if (!opts.msgID || typeof opts.msgID !== 'string') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires msgID of the deleted msg in `opts.msgID`'))
     // prettier-ignore
     if (!opts.max || typeof opts.max !== 'number') return cb(new Error('ghosts.add() requires max depth distance in `opts.max`'))
     const { tangleID, msgID, max } = opts
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ function initDB(peer, config) {
     if (!rec.msg) return cb()
     const tangleData = rec.msg.metadata.tangles[tangleID]
     // prettier-ignore
-    if (!tangleData) return cb(new Error(`ghosts.add() opts.msg "${opts.msg}" does not belong to opts.tangle "${opts.tangle}"`))
+    if (!tangleData) return cb(new Error(`ghosts.add() opts.msg "${opts.msgID}" does not belong to opts.tangle "${opts.tangleID}"`))
     const depth = tangleData.depth
 
     ghosts.save(tangleID, msgID, depth, max, (err) => {