diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_meta_sync.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_meta_sync.go
index 9005ba86f..5dbf55987 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_meta_sync.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_meta_sync.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (c *commandRemoteMetaSync) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer
 
 	// pull metadata from remote
 	if err = pullMetadata(commandEnv, writer, util.FullPath(localMountedDir), remoteStorageMountedLocation, util.FullPath(*dir), remoteStorageConf); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cache content data: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cache meta data: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
index 687098bff..8ac30f70d 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (c *commandRemoteMount) syncMetadata(commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io.Writ
 
 	// pull metadata from remote
 	if err = pullMetadata(commandEnv, writer, util.FullPath(dir), remote, util.FullPath(dir), remoteConf); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cache content data: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("cache metadata: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
index 369f2b3d4..a2806b882 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (c *commandRemoteUncache) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer
 
 	// pull content from remote
 	if err = c.uncacheContentData(commandEnv, writer, util.FullPath(*dir), fileFiler); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cache content data: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("uncache content data: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil