diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index 979fd13b3..30a0afe9b 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func connectEndpoint(endpoint Endpoint) (StorageAPI, *formatErasureV3, error) {
 		if errors.Is(err, errUnformattedDisk) {
 			info, derr := disk.DiskInfo(context.TODO())
 			if derr != nil && info.RootDisk {
-				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Disk: %s returned %w", disk, derr) // make sure to '%w' to wrap the error
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Disk: %s is a root disk", disk)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Disk: %s returned %w", disk, err) // make sure to '%w' to wrap the error