diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index abb58907f..51f2f71f3 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -146,10 +146,6 @@ func newHttpsClient(conf Config) (*http.Client, error) {
 
 	trustedcerts, err := loadServerTrust(conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Can not open certificate file.")
-		log.Error("Your /etc/mender/server.crt can not be opened, if you are using " +
-			"self-signed certificates make sure to include the API Gateway and " +
-			"Storage Proxy certificates here.")
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot initialize server trust")
 	}
 
@@ -178,6 +174,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 func loadServerTrust(conf Config) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 	if conf.ServerCert == "" {
+		// TODO: this is for pre-production version only to simplify tests.
+		// Make sure to remove in production version.
 		log.Warn("Server certificate not provided. Trusting all servers.")
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -190,12 +188,13 @@ func loadServerTrust(conf Config) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 	// Read certificate file.
 	servcert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(conf.ServerCert)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("/etc/mender/server.crt is inaccessible.")
+		log.Errorf("%s is inaccessible: %s", conf.ServerCert, err.Error())
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if len(servcert) == 0 {
-		log.Error("/etc/mender/server.crt is empty.")
+		log.Errorf("Both %s and the system certificate pool are empty.",
+			conf.ServerCert)
 		return nil, errors.New("server certificate is empty")
 	}
 
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ func loadServerTrust(conf Config) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 	if block != nil {
 		cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(block.Bytes)
 		if err == nil {
-			log.Info("Have correct server certificate.")
 			log.Infof("API Gateway certificate (in PEM format): \n%s", string(servcert))
 			log.Infof("Issuer: %s, Valid from: %s, Valid to: %s",
 				cert.Issuer.Organization, cert.NotBefore, cert.NotAfter)