diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index 772cce18d213db48908992da19868fe51b83a313..00078cec5011b11b882e8f639f86d6fb828149f8 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -325,13 +325,13 @@ export const propChecker = (props, nextProps, objectList=[], ignoreList=[]) => {
 
 export const validateMaximum = ( val, max ) => {
   if (val > max) {
-    return "Value must be less than Maximum"
+    return `Value must be less than ${max}`
   }
 }
 
 export const validateMinimum = ( val, min ) => {
   if (val < min) {
-    return "Value must be greater than Minimum"
+    return `Value must be greater than ${min}`
   }
 }
 
@@ -380,13 +380,13 @@ export const validateGuid = (val) => {
 
 export const validateMaxLength = (val, max) => {
   if (val.length > max) {
-      return "Value must be less than MaxLength"
+      return `Value must be no longer than ${max} character${max !== 1 ? "s" : ""}`
   }
 }
 
 export const validateMinLength = (val, min) => {
   if (val.length < min) {
-      return "Value must be greater than MinLength"
+      return `Value must be at least ${min} character${min !== 1 ? "s" : ""}`
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/mocha/core/utils.js b/test/mocha/core/utils.js
index df7b9a9d4b393c98dc7b345bb986c97eba9e9502..b7cbe8f9d767fce1648cbd48d168c2f0307a1ccb 100644
--- a/test/mocha/core/utils.js
+++ b/test/mocha/core/utils.js
@@ -135,32 +135,28 @@ describe("utils", function() {
   })
   
   describe("validateMaximum", function() {
-    let errorMessage = "Value must be less than Maximum"
-    
     it("doesn't return for valid input", function() {
       expect(validateMaximum(9, 10)).toBeFalsy()
       expect(validateMaximum(19, 20)).toBeFalsy()
     })
     
     it("returns a message for invalid input", function() {
-      expect(validateMaximum(1, 0)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMaximum(10, 9)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMaximum(20, 19)).toEqual(errorMessage)
+      expect(validateMaximum(1, 0)).toEqual("Value must be less than 0")
+      expect(validateMaximum(10, 9)).toEqual("Value must be less than 9")
+      expect(validateMaximum(20, 19)).toEqual("Value must be less than 19")
     })
   })
   
   describe("validateMinimum", function() {
-    let errorMessage = "Value must be greater than Minimum"
-    
     it("doesn't return for valid input", function() {
       expect(validateMinimum(2, 1)).toBeFalsy()
       expect(validateMinimum(20, 10)).toBeFalsy()
     })
     
     it("returns a message for invalid input", function() {
-      expect(validateMinimum(-1, 0)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMinimum(1, 2)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMinimum(10, 20)).toEqual(errorMessage)
+      expect(validateMinimum(-1, 0)).toEqual("Value must be greater than 0")
+      expect(validateMinimum(1, 2)).toEqual("Value must be greater than 2")
+      expect(validateMinimum(10, 20)).toEqual("Value must be greater than 20")
     })
   })
   
@@ -295,31 +291,28 @@ describe("utils", function() {
   })
   
   describe("validateMaxLength", function() {
-    let errorMessage = "Value must be less than MaxLength"
-    
-    it("doesn't return for valid guid", function() {
+    it("doesn't return for valid input", function() {
       expect(validateMaxLength("a", 1)).toBeFalsy()
       expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 5)).toBeFalsy()
     })
     
     it("returns a message for invalid input'", function() {
-      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 0)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 1)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 2)).toEqual(errorMessage)
+      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 0)).toEqual("Value must be no longer than 0 characters")
+      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 1)).toEqual("Value must be no longer than 1 character")
+      expect(validateMaxLength("abc", 2)).toEqual("Value must be no longer than 2 characters")
     })
   })
   
   describe("validateMinLength", function() {
-    let errorMessage = "Value must be greater than MinLength"
-    
-    it("doesn't return for valid guid", function() {
+    it("doesn't return for valid input", function() {
       expect(validateMinLength("a", 1)).toBeFalsy()
       expect(validateMinLength("abc", 2)).toBeFalsy()
     })
     
     it("returns a message for invalid input'", function() {
-      expect(validateMinLength("abc", 5)).toEqual(errorMessage)
-      expect(validateMinLength("abc", 8)).toEqual(errorMessage)
+      expect(validateMinLength("", 1)).toEqual("Value must be at least 1 character")
+      expect(validateMinLength("abc", 5)).toEqual("Value must be at least 5 characters")
+      expect(validateMinLength("abc", 8)).toEqual("Value must be at least 8 characters")
     })
   })
   
@@ -616,7 +609,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
         maxLength: 5
       }
       value = "test string"
-      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be less than MaxLength"])
+      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be no longer than 5 characters"])
       
       // invalid string with max length 0
       param = {
@@ -625,7 +618,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
         maxLength: 0
       }
       value = "test string"
-      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be less than MaxLength"])
+      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be no longer than 0 characters"])
       
       // invalid string with min length
       param = {
@@ -634,7 +627,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
         minLength: 50
       }
       value = "test string"
-      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be greater than MinLength"])
+      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be at least 50 characters"])
     })
     
     it("validates optional strings", function() {
@@ -908,7 +901,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
         maximum: 0
       }
       value = 1
-      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be less than Maximum"])
+      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be less than 0"])
       
       // invalid number with minimum:0
       param = {
@@ -917,7 +910,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
         minimum: 0
       }
       value = -10
-      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be greater than Minimum"])
+      assertValidateParam(param, value, ["Value must be greater than 0"])
     })
     
     it("validates optional numbers", function() {