diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/autoscale/Limits.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/autoscale/Limits.java
index 865682516009..ce20e5d94d58 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/autoscale/Limits.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/autoscale/Limits.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright Vespa.ai. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 package com.yahoo.vespa.hosted.provision.autoscale;
 
-import com.yahoo.config.provision.IntRange;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationId;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.Capacity;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ClusterResources;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ClusterSpec;
+import com.yahoo.config.provision.IntRange;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.NodeResources;
 import com.yahoo.vespa.hosted.provision.NodeRepository;
 import com.yahoo.vespa.hosted.provision.applications.Cluster;
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ private double between(double min, double max, double value) {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         if (isEmpty()) return "no limits";
-        return "limits: from " + min + " to " + max + ( groupSize.isEmpty() ? "" : " with group size " + groupSize);
+        return (min.equals(max) ? "resources " + min : "limits from " + min + " to " + max) +
+               (groupSize.isEmpty() ? "" : ", group size " + groupSize);
     }
 
     public static Limits of(Cluster cluster) {
diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/NodeRepositoryProvisioner.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/NodeRepositoryProvisioner.java
index d44e7e11799b..816e72b79d61 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/NodeRepositoryProvisioner.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/NodeRepositoryProvisioner.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private static NodeResources requireCompatibleResources(NodeResources nodeResour
     }
 
     private IllegalArgumentException newNoAllocationPossible(ClusterSpec spec, Limits limits) {
-        StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder("No allocation possible within ").append(limits);
+        StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder("No allocation possible with ").append(limits);
 
         if (nodeRepository.exclusivity().allocation(spec) && findNearestNodeResources(limits).isPresent())
             message.append(". Nearest allowed node resources: ").append(findNearestNodeResources(limits).get());
diff --git a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
index 78a34326949e..bdcfa0f2f333 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/DynamicProvisioningTest.java
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public void capacity_is_in_advertised_amounts() {
         }
         catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             // Success
-            String expected = "No allocation possible within limits";
+            String expected = "No allocation possible with limits";
             assertEquals(expected, e.getMessage().substring(0, expected.length()));
         }
 
diff --git a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/VirtualNodeProvisioningTest.java b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/VirtualNodeProvisioningTest.java
index 9a6fdedb213f..fbed7020fb6a 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/VirtualNodeProvisioningTest.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/test/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/provisioning/VirtualNodeProvisioningTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import com.yahoo.component.Version;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationId;
+import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationMutex;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationName;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationTransaction;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.Capacity;
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.NodeAllocationException;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.NodeResources;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.NodeType;
-import com.yahoo.config.provision.ApplicationMutex;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.RegionName;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.SystemName;
 import com.yahoo.config.provision.TenantName;
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ public void too_few_real_resources_causes_failure() {
                                                           new ClusterResources(4, 1, resources)));
         }
         catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            assertEquals("No allocation possible within limits: " +
+            assertEquals("No allocation possible with limits " +
                          "from 2 nodes with [vcpu: 1.0, memory: 5.0 Gb, disk: 10.0 Gb, bandwidth: 1.0 Gbps, architecture: any] " +
                          "to 4 nodes with [vcpu: 1.0, memory: 5.0 Gb, disk: 10.0 Gb, bandwidth: 1.0 Gbps, architecture: any]",
                          e.getMessage());
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ public void exclusive_resources_not_matching_host_causes_failure() {
                                                           new ClusterResources(4, 1, resources)));
         }
         catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            assertEquals("No allocation possible within limits: " +
+            assertEquals("No allocation possible with limits " +
                          "from 2 nodes with [vcpu: 20.0, memory: 37.0 Gb, disk: 100.0 Gb, bandwidth: 1.0 Gbps, architecture: any] " +
                          "to 4 nodes with [vcpu: 20.0, memory: 37.0 Gb, disk: 100.0 Gb, bandwidth: 1.0 Gbps, architecture: any]. " +
                          "Nearest allowed node resources: [vcpu: 20.0, memory: 40.0 Gb, disk: 100.0 Gb, bandwidth: 1.0 Gbps, storage type: remote, architecture: any]",