diff --git a/src/mail.js b/src/mail.js
index c3a2bfafc..1e16fbef9 100644
--- a/src/mail.js
+++ b/src/mail.js
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ function checkPtr(mailFqdn, callback) {
 
     var ptr = {
         domain: null,
+        name: null,
         type: 'PTR',
         value: null,
         expected: mailFqdn, // any trailing '.' is added by client software (https://lists.gt.net/spf/devel/7918)
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ function checkPtr(mailFqdn, callback) {
         if (error) return callback(error, ptr);
 
         ptr.domain = ip.split('.').reverse().join('.') + '.in-addr.arpa';
+        ptr.name = ip;
 
         dns.resolve(ptr.domain, 'PTR', DNS_OPTIONS, function (error, ptrRecords) {
             if (error) return callback(error, ptr);
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ function getStatus(domain, callback) {
 
     // ensure we always have a valid toplevel properties for the api
     var results = {
-        dns: {}, // { mx: { expected, value }, dmarc: { expected, value }, dkim: { expected, value }, spf: { expected, value }, ptr: { expected, value } }
+        dns: {}, // { mx/dmar/dkim/spf/ptr: { expected, value, name, domain, type } }
         rbl: {}, // { status, ip, servers: [{name,site,dns}]} optional. only for cloudron-smtp
         relay: {} // { status, value } always checked
     };
@@ -516,7 +518,7 @@ function checkConfiguration(callback) {
 
                 Object.keys(result.dns).forEach((type) => {
                     const record = result.dns[type];
-                    if (!record.status) message.push(`${type.toUpperCase()} DNS record did not match. Expected: \`${record.expected}\`. Actual: \`${record.value}\``);
+                    if (!record.status) message.push(`${type.toUpperCase()} DNS record (${record.type}) did not match.\n    * Hostname: \`${record.name}\`\n    * Expected: \`${record.expected}\`\n    * Actual: \`${record.value}\``);
                 });
                 if (result.relay && result.relay.status === false) message.push(`Relay error: ${result.relay.value}`);
                 if (result.rbl && result.rbl.status === false) { // rbl field contents is optional