diff --git a/hold_test.go b/hold_test.go
index df296dc..8f375b5 100644
--- a/hold_test.go
+++ b/hold_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestRenderingALevelAndReadingIntoItIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("%s: New = nil error, want the overlapping tokens rejected", name)
 			continue
 		}
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "fejkdata: cat: ") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "fejkdata: cat: ") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "renders a level that") {
 			t.Errorf("%s: New = %v, want it to name the category path and the overlap", name, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestCalcOperandNamingAHeldLevelIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 		"cat": `{"format":"{item.price}|{calc(item * 1)}","item":[` +
 			`{"format":"{price}","price":"10"},{"format":"{price}","price":"20"}]}`,
 	})))
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "renders a level that") {
 		t.Fatalf("New = %v, want the calc operand rejected as an overlap", err)
 	}
 	// Arithmetic over fields no path names is untouched.
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestReferenceNamingAHeldLevelIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, files := range rejected {
 		_, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeData(t, files)))
-		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "by a second route") {
 			t.Errorf("%s: New = %v, want the reference rejected as an overlap", name, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func TestALevelRenderedOnlyByAPathTokenIsHeld(t *testing.T) {
 			`"q":{"format":"{x}","x":["1","2"]}}`,
 		"hop": `"{/thing.q}"`,
 	})))
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "by a second route") {
 		t.Fatalf("New = %v, want the second route to q rejected", err)
 	}
 }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func TestAPathReachesEveryVariantItMightDraw(t *testing.T) {
 					`"q":{"format":"{y}","y":["1","2"]}}`,
 				"hop": `"{/cat.q}"`,
 			},
-			"reads a path into",
+			"by a second route",
 		},
 	}
 	for name, c := range rejected {
diff --git a/inline_test.go b/inline_test.go
index c5507e7..ffb4572 100644
--- a/inline_test.go
+++ b/inline_test.go
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ func TestFakeTemplateErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		{`name: {/no.such.path}`, "no entry"},
 		{`name: {..nope}`, "write {/nope}"},
 		{`{"format":"x"}`, "is a string"},
-		{`{/misc.territory} {/misc.territory.alpha2}`, "renders a level that {/misc.territory.alpha2} reads a path into; name the fields you want instead, or draw them apart with a drawGroup"},
-		{`{"format":"{/misc.territory.alpha2} {x}","x":"{/misc.territory}"}`, "reads a path into"},
+		{`{/misc.territory} {/misc.territory.alpha2}`, "reads whole the reference draw that {/misc.territory.alpha2} reads a path into; name the fields you want instead, or draw them apart with a drawGroup"},
+		{`{"format":"{/misc.territory.alpha2} {x}","x":"{/misc.territory}"}`, "reads whole the reference draw"},
 		{`{"format":"{/misc.territory.alpha2}","drawGroup":"g"}`, "nothing can reference"},
 	} {
 		_, err := f.FakeTemplate(c.input)
diff --git a/record_test.go b/record_test.go
index 00f00a4..e91ff2c 100644
--- a/record_test.go
+++ b/record_test.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func TestRecordRejectsOverlappingReferenceColumns(t *testing.T) {
 		{"a column reaching back through another category", `{"format":"","whole":"{/mid}","inner":"{/cat.a.b}"}`},
 	} {
 		_, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeData(t, map[string]string{"cat": cat, "mid": mid, "row": c.row})))
-		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads whole the reference draw") {
 			t.Errorf("%s: New = %v, want the overlap refused at load, the way one format is", c.name, err)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestInlineRecordRejectsOverlappingColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	f := newGenerator(t, dir, WithSeed(1))
 	_, err := f.FakeRecordTemplate(`{"format":"","whole":"{/cat.a}","inner":"{/cat.a.b}"}`)
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads whole the reference draw") {
 		t.Fatalf("inline record over an overlapping pair = %v, want the inline entry point to refuse it too", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/reference_test.go b/reference_test.go
index 5ea685f..b0d032c 100644
--- a/reference_test.go
+++ b/reference_test.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func TestReferenceOverlapIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 		"a bare reference beside a path into what it never renders": `{"format":"{a} {b}","a":"{/cat}","b":"{/cat.p.first}"}`,
 	} {
 		_, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeData(t, map[string]string{"cat": cat, "row": row})))
-		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+		if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads whole the reference draw") {
 			t.Errorf("%s: New = %v, want the overlap rejected", name, err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func TestReferenceOverlapIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeData(t, map[string]string{
 		"row": `{"format":"{p.first} {/hop}","p":[{"format":"{first}","first":"A","last":"1"},{"format":"{first}","first":"B","last":"2"}]}`,
 		"hop": `"{/row.p.last}"`,
-	}))); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+	}))); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "by a second route") {
 		t.Errorf("New = %v, want a sibling path beside a reference into it rejected", err)
 	}
 	if _, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeData(t, map[string]string{
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func TestSpellingsOfOneReferenceAreOneLevel(t *testing.T) {
 		"sv_SE/person": person,
 		"sv_SE/mail":   `"{.person} <{/sv_SE.person.first}>"`,
 	})))
-	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "{.person}") {
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads whole the reference draw") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "{.person}") {
 		t.Errorf("New = %v, want the bare spelling rejected beside the path spelling", err)
 	}
 	dir := writeData(t, map[string]string{
diff --git a/struct_test.go b/struct_test.go
index fd48f8f..aa626cb 100644
--- a/struct_test.go
+++ b/struct_test.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestFakeStructErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		{&struct {
 			A string `fake:"trip.leg"`
 			B string `fake:"trip.leg.to"`
-		}{}, "reads a path into"},
+		}{}, "reads whole the reference draw"},
 		{&struct {
 			Trip struct {
 				A int `fake:"{digits(3)}"`
diff --git a/table_test.go b/table_test.go
index d247f38..d642d8f 100644
--- a/table_test.go
+++ b/table_test.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func TestTableSelectorInAReference(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestTableSelectionFences(t *testing.T) {
 	rejected := map[string]struct{ json, want string }{
-		"bare beside a path":                  {`"{/region} {/region.name}"`, "reads a path into"},
+		"bare beside a path":                  {`"{/region} {/region.name}"`, "reads whole the reference draw"},
 		"bare beside a linked path":           {`"{/region} {/locality.name}"`, "drawGroup"},
 		"selected beside unselected":          {`"{/region[12].municipality.name} {/municipality.code}"`, "{/region[12].municipality.code}"},
 		"relative selected beside unselected": {`"{.region[12].municipality.name} {.municipality.code}"`, "{.region[12].municipality.code}"},
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ func TestCellReadsMeetWhereTheRenderPairsTheRows(t *testing.T) {
 		"region.json":       `{"format":"{name}={note}","rows":"region.tsv","key":"code","name":"name","weight":"population"}`,
 		"x.json":            `"{/region}|{/municipality}"`,
 	})
-	if _, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeFiles(t, whole)), WithSeed(1)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads a path into") {
+	if _, err := New(WithoutShippedData(), WithDataPath(writeFiles(t, whole)), WithSeed(1)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "reads whole the reference draw") {
 		t.Fatalf("New = %v, want the two drawn rows held to one draw of addr", err)
 	}
 	nested := with(whole, map[string]string{