diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index cb370773b..e2f4a6f2b 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -229,15 +229,25 @@ def valid_phone_number(phone_number):
         return False
 
 
-def format_notification_status(status):
-    m = {'failed': 'Failed',
-         'technical-failure': 'Technical failure',
-         'temporary-failure': 'Temporarily failed',
-         'permanent-failure': 'Permanently failed',
-         'delivered': 'Delivered',
-         'sending': 'Sending'
-         }
-    return m.get(status, status)
+def format_notification_status(status, template_type):
+    return {
+        'email': {
+            'failed': 'Failed',
+            'technical-failure': 'Technical failure',
+            'temporary-failure': 'Temporary failure',
+            'permanent-failure': 'Email address does not exist',
+            'delivered': 'Delivered',
+            'sending': 'Sending'
+        },
+        'sms': {
+            'failed': 'Failed',
+            'technical-failure': 'Technical failure',
+            'temporary-failure': 'Temporary failure',
+            'permanent-failure': 'Phone number does not exist',
+            'delivered': 'Delivered',
+            'sending': 'Sending'
+        }
+    }.get(template_type).get(status, status)
 
 
 @login_manager.user_loader
diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications.html b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
index cee5a602f..41bd3b6cb 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     caption="Recent activity",
     caption_visible=False,
     empty_message='No messages found',
-    field_headings=['Recipient', 'Status', 'Started'],
+    field_headings=['Recipient', 'Error', 'Status', 'Started'],
     field_headings_visible=False
   ) %}
 
@@ -56,19 +56,22 @@
       </p>
       <p class="hint">
         {% if item.job %}
-          From <a href="{{ url_for(".view_job", service_id=current_service.id, job_id=item.job.id) }}">{{ item.job.original_file_name }}</a>
+          From <a class="truncated" href="{{ url_for(".view_job", service_id=current_service.id, job_id=item.job.id) }}">{{ item.job.original_file_name }}</a>
         {% else %}
-          <a href="{{ url_for('.view_template_version', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=item.template.id, version=item.template_version) }}">{{ item.template.name }}</a>
+          <a class="truncated" href="{{ url_for('.view_template_version', service_id=current_service.id, template_id=item.template.id, version=item.template_version) }}">{{ item.template.name }}</a>
           from an API call
         {% endif %}
       </p>
     {% endcall %}
 
-    {{ text_field(item.status|format_notification_status) }}
+    {{ date_field(
+      (item.updated_at or item.created_at)|format_datetime_short
+    ) }}
 
-    {% call field(align='right') %}
-      {{ (item.updated_at or item.created_at)|format_datetime_short }}
+    {% call field(status='', align='right') %}
+      {{ item.status|format_notification_status(item.template.template_type) }}
     {% endcall %}
+
   {% endcall %}
 
   {{ previous_next_navigation(prev_page, next_page) }}