diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/exec/ghostscript.py b/src/ocrmypdf/exec/ghostscript.py
index 0f2499e2..7c36eb30 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/exec/ghostscript.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/exec/ghostscript.py
@@ -42,7 +42,18 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
     if not GS:
         GS = which('gswin32c')
         if not GS:
-            raise MissingDependencyError("Ghostscript (gswin64c or gswin32c)")
+            raise MissingDependencyError(
+                """
+                ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                This error normally occurs when ocrmypdf can't Ghostscript.  Please
+                ensure Ghostscript is installed and its location is added to the
+                system PATH environment variable.
+
+                For details see:
+                    https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html
+                ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+                """
+            )
     GS = Path(GS).stem
 
 
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py b/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
index 6fbf2d99..a4dec30f 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/leptonica.py
@@ -47,7 +47,16 @@ else:
 _libpath = find_library(libname)
 if not _libpath and os.name == 'nt':
     raise MissingDependencyError(
-        "Please ensure that 'tesseract' is on your PATH environment variable. "
+        """
+        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        This error normally occurs when ocrmypdf can't find a file named
+        liblept-5.dll (Leptonica).  Please ensure Tesseract-OCR is installed
+        and its location is added to the system PATH environment variable.
+
+        For details see:
+            https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html
+        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        """
     )
 lept = ffi.dlopen(_libpath)
 lept.setMsgSeverity(lept.L_SEVERITY_WARNING)