diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 1051cae854c8259c5744322dc382c9f4b54095c7..1ec4093b13b32c9f5c46e7038c8711556d919798 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	profileFlag := viper.GetString(config.MachineProfile)
 
 	validProfiles, invalidProfiles, err := pkg_config.ListProfiles()
+	glog.Warningf("Couldn't find any profiles in minikube home %q: %v", localpath.MiniPath(), err)
 	profilesToDelete := append(validProfiles, invalidProfiles...)
-	glog.Infof("error listing profiless %v", err)
-	// If the purge flag is set, go ahead and delete the .minikube directory.
+	// in the case user has more than 1 profile and runs --purge
+	// to prevent abandoned VMs/containers, force user to run with delete --all
 	if purge && len(profilesToDelete) > 1 && !deleteAll {
 		out.ErrT(out.Notice, "Multiple minikube profiles were found - ")
 		for _, p := range profilesToDelete {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		err := oci.DeleteAllVolumesByLabel(oci.Docker, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", oci.CreatedByLabelKey, "=true"))
 		if err != nil { // if there is no volume there won't be any error
-			glog.Warningf("error deleting left docker volumes. To see the list of volumes run: 'docker volume ls' \n%v:", err)
+			glog.Warningf("error deleting left docker volumes. \n%v:\nfor more information please refer to docker documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/volume_prune/", err)
 		}
 
 		errs := DeleteProfiles(profilesToDelete)
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
index 74b84991bf95ca7f8853613366bcc9464016053d..e23b35c394dbaa0805f890a3036dfad8f6dc649a 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kic/oci/volumes.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-// DeleteAllVolumesByLabel delets all volumes that have a specific label
+// DeleteAllVolumesByLabel deletes all volumes that have a specific label
+// if there is no volume to delete it will return nil
 // example: docker volume prune -f --filter label=name.minikube.sigs.k8s.io=minikube
 func DeleteAllVolumesByLabel(ociBin string, label string) error {
 	glog.Infof("trying to prune all %s volumes with label %s", ociBin, label)