diff --git a/pkg/jobs/adopt.go b/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
index 57a67bb443e1..e9003aa9af6b 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (r *Registry) resumeJob(
 				return err
 			}
 			if !exists {
-				return errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: jobID}, "job not found in system.job_info")
+				return errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: jobID}, "job payload not found in system.job_info")
 			}
 			if err := protoutil.Unmarshal(payloadBytes, payload); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func (r *Registry) resumeJob(
 				return err
 			}
 			if !exists {
-				return errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: jobID}, "job not found in system.job_info")
+				return errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: jobID}, "job progress not found in system.job_info")
 			}
 			return protoutil.Unmarshal(progressBytes, progress)
 		}); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/jobs.go b/pkg/jobs/jobs.go
index 322c82d82a17..8136934f0c3a 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/jobs.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/jobs.go
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ func (j *Job) loadJobPayloadAndProgress(
 			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get payload for job %d", j.ID())
 		}
 		if !exists {
-			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: j.ID()}, "job not found in system.job_info")
+			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: j.ID()}, "job payload not found in system.job_info")
 		}
 		if err := protoutil.Unmarshal(payloadBytes, payload); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func (j *Job) loadJobPayloadAndProgress(
 			return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get progress for job %d", j.ID())
 		}
 		if !exists {
-			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: j.ID()}, "job not found in system.job_info")
+			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(&JobNotFoundError{jobID: j.ID()}, "job progress not found in system.job_info")
 		}
 		if err := protoutil.Unmarshal(progressBytes, progress); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, &JobNotFoundError{jobID: j.ID()}