diff --git a/registry.py b/registry.py
index e41ffe7..47f6218 100755
--- a/registry.py
+++ b/registry.py
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ def decode_base64(data):
     return base64.decodestring(data)
 
 
+def print_error_explanation(context, error_code):
+    error_list = {"delete_tag_405": 'You might want to set REGISTRY_STORAGE_DELETE_ENABLED: "true" in your registry',
+                  "get_tag_digest_404": "Try adding flag --digest-method=GET"}
+
+    key = "%s_%s" % (context, error_code)
+    if key in error_list.keys():
+        print(error_list[key])
+
 def get_auth_schemes(r,path):
     """ Returns list of auth schemes(lowcased) if www-authenticate: header exists
          returns None if no header found
@@ -267,7 +275,8 @@ class Registry:
             image_name, tag), method=self.digest_method)
 
         if image_headers is None:
-            print("  tag digest not found: {0}. Try --digest-method=GET".format(self.last_error))
+            print("  tag digest not found: {0}.".format(self.last_error))
+            print_error_explanation("get_tag_digest", self.last_error)
             return None
 
         tag_digest = image_headers.headers['Docker-Content-Digest']
@@ -294,6 +303,7 @@ class Registry:
 
         if delete_result is None:
             print("failed, error: {0}".format(self.last_error))
+            print_error_explanation("delete_tag", self.last_error)
             return False
 
         tag_digests_to_ignore.append(tag_digest)