diff --git a/src/commands/copyMessageToClipboard.ts b/src/commands/copyMessageToClipboard.ts
index 99ef350..d5d74b8 100644
--- a/src/commands/copyMessageToClipboard.ts
+++ b/src/commands/copyMessageToClipboard.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class CopyMessageToClipboardCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
         catch (ex) {
             if (ex.message.includes("Couldn't find the required `xsel` binary")) {
                 window.showErrorMessage(
-                    `Unable to copy message, xsel is not installed. You can install it via \`sudo apt install xsel\``
+                    `Unable to copy message, xsel is not installed. Please install it via your package manager, e.g. \`sudo apt install xsel\``
                 );
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/commands/copyShaToClipboard.ts b/src/commands/copyShaToClipboard.ts
index ece7df7..7099005 100644
--- a/src/commands/copyShaToClipboard.ts
+++ b/src/commands/copyShaToClipboard.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class CopyShaToClipboardCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
                 }
                 catch (ex) {
                     Logger.error(ex, 'CopyShaToClipboardCommand', `getBlameForLine(${blameline})`);
-                    return Messages.showGenericErrorMessage('Unable to copy ommit id');
+                    return Messages.showGenericErrorMessage('Unable to copy commit id');
                 }
             }
 
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ export class CopyShaToClipboardCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
         catch (ex) {
             if (ex.message.includes("Couldn't find the required `xsel` binary")) {
                 window.showErrorMessage(
-                    `Unable to copy commit id, xsel is not installed. You can install it via \`sudo apt install xsel\``
+                    `Unable to copy commit id, xsel is not installed. Please install it via your package manager, e.g. \`sudo apt install xsel\``
                 );
                 return;
             }
 
             Logger.error(ex, 'CopyShaToClipboardCommand');
-            return Messages.showGenericErrorMessage('Unable to copy ommit id');
+            return Messages.showGenericErrorMessage('Unable to copy commit id');
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/git/remotes/provider.ts b/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
index 8530f7e..1eaa9a2 100644
--- a/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
+++ b/src/git/remotes/provider.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export abstract class RemoteProvider {
         catch (ex) {
             if (ex.message.includes("Couldn't find the required `xsel` binary")) {
                 window.showErrorMessage(
-                    `Unable to copy remote url, xsel is not installed. You can install it via \`sudo apt install xsel\``
+                    `Unable to copy remote url, xsel is not installed. Please install it via your package manager, e.g. \`sudo apt install xsel\``
                 );
                 return;
             }