diff --git a/app/templates/views/check/column-errors.html b/app/templates/views/check/column-errors.html
index c87e08769..3269850da 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/check/column-errors.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/check/column-errors.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       {% elif recipients.duplicate_recipient_column_headers %}
 
         <h1 class='banner-title' data-module="track-error" data-error-type="Duplicate recipient columns" data-error-label="{{ upload_id }}">
-          Your file has duplicate columns
+          There’s a problem with your column names
         </h1>
            <p>
             We found more than one column called {{ (
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       {% elif recipients.missing_column_headers %}
 
         <h1 class='banner-title' data-module="track-error" data-error-type="Missing placeholder columns" data-error-label="{{ upload_id }}">
-          Your column names do not match the double brackets in your template
+          Your column names need to match the double brackets in your template
         </h1>
           <p>
             Your file is missing {{ recipients.missing_column_headers | formatted_list(
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
index 87e2a8f89..1d6e50854 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ def test_upload_csv_file_with_errors_shows_check_page_with_errors(
             +447700900986
         """,
         (
-            'Your file needs a column called ‘phone number’ '
+            'There’s a problem with your column names '
+            'Your file needs a column called ‘phone number’. '
             'Right now it has columns called ‘telephone’ and ‘name’. '
             'Skip to file contents'
         )
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ def test_upload_csv_file_with_errors_shows_check_page_with_errors(
             +447700900986
         """,
         (
-            'The columns in your file need to match the double brackets in your template '
+            'Your column names need to match the double brackets in your template '
             'Your file is missing a column called ‘name’. '
             'Skip to file contents'
         )
@@ -449,7 +450,8 @@ def test_upload_csv_file_with_errors_shows_check_page_with_errors(
             +447700900111,+447700900222,+447700900333,
         """,
         (
-            'Your file has more than one column called ‘phone number’ or ‘PHONE_NUMBER’ '
+            'There’s a problem with your column names '
+            'We found more than one column called ‘phone number’ or ‘PHONE_NUMBER’. '
             'Delete or rename one of these columns and try again. '
             'Skip to file contents'
         )
@@ -2863,7 +2865,8 @@ def test_check_messages_column_error_doesnt_show_optional_columns(
     )
 
     assert normalize_spaces(page.select_one('.banner-dangerous').text) == (
-        'Your file needs a column called ‘postcode’ '
+        'There’s a problem with your column names '
+        'Your file needs a column called ‘postcode’. '
         'Right now it has columns called ‘address_line_1’, ‘address_line_2’ and ‘foo’. '
         'Skip to file contents'
     )