diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
index 210d5f35..c63dbe2e 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.NotModifiedException;
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.SchemeNotAllowedException;
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.TooManyRequestsException;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feed.parser.FeedParser;
+import com.commafeed.backend.feed.parser.FeedParser.FeedParsingException;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feed.parser.FeedParserResult;
 import com.commafeed.backend.urlprovider.FeedURLProvider;
-import com.rometools.rome.io.FeedException;
 
 import io.quarkus.arc.All;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 	}
 
 	public FeedFetcherResult fetch(String feedUrl, boolean extractFeedUrlFromHtml, String lastModified, String eTag,
-			Instant lastPublishedDate, String lastContentHash) throws FeedException, IOException, NotModifiedException,
+			Instant lastPublishedDate, String lastContentHash) throws FeedParsingException, IOException, NotModifiedException,
 			TooManyRequestsException, SchemeNotAllowedException, HostNotAllowedException, NoFeedFoundException {
 		log.debug("Fetching feed {}", feedUrl);
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 		FeedParserResult parserResult;
 		try {
 			parserResult = parser.parse(result.getUrlAfterRedirect(), content);
-		} catch (FeedException e) {
+		} catch (FeedParsingException e) {
 			if (extractFeedUrlFromHtml) {
 				String extractedUrl = extractFeedUrl(urlProviders, feedUrl, new String(result.getContent(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
 				if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(extractedUrl)) {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 		public NoFeedFoundException(Throwable cause) {
-			super("No feed found at this URL", cause);
+			super("This URL does not point to an RSS feed or a website with an RSS feed.", cause);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/parser/FeedParser.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/parser/FeedParser.java
index 1877d250..db886d4d 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/parser/FeedParser.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/parser/FeedParser.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndLink;
 import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndLinkImpl;
-import com.rometools.rome.io.FeedException;
 import com.rometools.rome.io.SyndFeedInput;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
@@ -56,12 +55,12 @@ public class FeedParser {
 	private final EncodingDetector encodingDetector;
 	private final FeedCleaner feedCleaner;
 
-	public FeedParserResult parse(String feedUrl, byte[] xml) throws FeedException {
+	public FeedParserResult parse(String feedUrl, byte[] xml) throws FeedParsingException {
 		try {
 			Charset encoding = encodingDetector.getEncoding(xml);
 			String xmlString = feedCleaner.trimInvalidXmlCharacters(new String(xml, encoding));
 			if (xmlString == null) {
-				throw new FeedException("Input string is null for url " + feedUrl);
+				throw new FeedParsingException("Input string is null for url " + feedUrl);
 			}
 			xmlString = feedCleaner.replaceHtmlEntitiesWithNumericEntities(xmlString);
 			xmlString = feedCleaner.removeDoctypeDeclarations(xmlString);
@@ -81,8 +80,10 @@ public class FeedParser {
 			Long averageEntryInterval = averageTimeBetweenEntries(entries);
 
 			return new FeedParserResult(title, link, lastPublishedDate, averageEntryInterval, lastEntryDate, entries);
+		} catch (FeedParsingException e) {
+			throw e;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new FeedException(String.format("Could not parse feed from %s : %s", feedUrl, e.getMessage()), e);
+			throw new FeedParsingException(String.format("Could not parse feed from %s : %s", feedUrl, e.getMessage()), e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -268,4 +269,16 @@ public class FeedParser {
 		return (long) stats.getMean();
 	}
 
+	public static class FeedParsingException extends Exception {
+		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+		public FeedParsingException(String message) {
+			super(message);
+		}
+
+		public FeedParsingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+			super(message, cause);
+		}
+	}
+
 }