diff --git a/hc/api/management/commands/sendalerts.py b/hc/api/management/commands/sendalerts.py
index ca9b33c8..e38e5e1d 100644
--- a/hc/api/management/commands/sendalerts.py
+++ b/hc/api/management/commands/sendalerts.py
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         tmpl = "\nSending alert, status=%s, code=%s\n"
         self.stdout.write(tmpl % (check.status, check.code))
-        check.send_alert()
+        errors = check.send_alert()
+        for ch, error in errors:
+            self.stdout.write("ERROR: %s %s %s\n" % (ch.kind, ch.value, error))
 
         connection.close()
         return True
diff --git a/hc/api/models.py b/hc/api/models.py
index 4f808fc4..02fc89ce 100644
--- a/hc/api/models.py
+++ b/hc/api/models.py
@@ -67,8 +67,13 @@ class Check(models.Model):
         if self.status not in ("up", "down"):
             raise NotImplementedError("Unexpected status: %s" % self.status)
 
+        errors = []
         for channel in self.channel_set.all():
-            channel.notify(self)
+            error = channel.notify(self)
+            if error not in ("", "no-op"):
+                errors.append((channel, error))
+
+        return errors
 
     def get_status(self):
         if self.status in ("new", "paused"):
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ class Channel(models.Model):
             n.error = error
             n.save()
 
+        return error
+
     def test(self):
         return self.transport().test()
 
diff --git a/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py b/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
index 121bd430..a3f1afe8 100644
--- a/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
+++ b/hc/api/tests/test_notify.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class NotifyTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         self.channel.notify(self.check)
 
         n = Notification.objects.get()
-        self.assertEqual(n.error, "A connection to http://example failed")
+        self.assertEqual(n.error, "Connection failed")
 
     @patch("hc.api.transports.requests.get")
     def test_webhooks_ignore_up_events(self, mock_get):
diff --git a/hc/api/transports.py b/hc/api/transports.py
index bf37099d..0e21d466 100644
--- a/hc/api/transports.py
+++ b/hc/api/transports.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class Webhook(Transport):
             # Well, we tried
             return "Connection timed out"
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            return "A connection to %s failed" % self.channel.value
+            return "Connection failed"
 
 
 class JsonTransport(Transport):
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class JsonTransport(Transport):
             # Well, we tried
             return "Connection timed out"
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            return "A connection to %s failed" % url
+            return "Connection failed"
 
 
 class Slack(JsonTransport):