diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
index 98687e3c25286121decb499e233aa0743eff47a8..50f5a34ac9128bb1acedee1c1c6e5063f6ee5576 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ def _insert_user(name, password=None, status=None, email=None, entity=None, **kw
         raise e
     except ClientErrorException as e:
         if e.status == 409:
-            e.msg = "User name is yet in use."
+            e.msg = "User name is already in use."
+        if e.status == 422:
+            e.msg = "Maybe the password does not match the required standard?"
         raise e
 
 
@@ -219,7 +221,6 @@ def _delete_role(name, **kwargs):
 
 def _set_roles(username, roles, realm=None, **kwargs):
     xml = etree.Element("Roles")
-    print(roles)
     for r in roles:
         xml.append(etree.Element("Role", name=r))
 
@@ -262,6 +263,24 @@ def _get_roles(username, realm=None, **kwargs):
 
 
 def _set_permissions(role, permission_rules, **kwargs):
+    """Set permissions for a role.
+
+Parameters
+----------
+
+role : str
+    The role for which the permissions are set.
+
+permission_rules : iterable<PermissionRule>
+    An iterable with PermissionRule objects.
+
+**kwargs :
+    Additional arguments which are passed to the HTTP request.
+
+Returns
+-------
+    None
+    """
     xml = etree.Element("PermissionRules")
     for p in permission_rules:
         xml.append(p._to_xml())
@@ -291,6 +310,19 @@ def _get_permissions(role, **kwargs):
 
 
 class PermissionRule():
+    """Permission rules.
+
+Parameters
+----------
+action : str
+    Either "grant" or "deny"
+
+permission : str
+    For example "RETRIEVE:*".
+
+priority : bool, optional
+    Whether the priority shall be set, defaults is False.
+    """
 
     @staticmethod
     def _parse_boolean(bstr):
diff --git a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
index bbb21eaaac6cb83cfd02c2ab30d628aecee68a80..992efd60d4d1c37ac3a407ab744a31842f34b43b 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/connection/connection.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def _handle_response_status(http_response):
             "Request failed. The response returned with status "
             "{}.".format(status))
     elif 399 < status < 500:
-        raise ClientErrorException(msg=("Request failed. The response returned"
+        raise ClientErrorException(msg=("Request failed. The response returned "
                                         "with status {}.").format(status), status=status, body=body)
     elif status > 499:
         raise ServerErrorException(body=body)