diff --git a/crates/wallet/src/types.rs b/crates/wallet/src/types.rs
index 54ddfa261..72c0e453d 100644
--- a/crates/wallet/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/wallet/src/types.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use alloc::boxed::Box;
 use chain::{ChainPosition, ConfirmationBlockTime};
 use core::convert::AsRef;
+use core::fmt;
 
 use bitcoin::transaction::{OutPoint, Sequence, TxOut};
 use bitcoin::{psbt, Weight};
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ impl KeychainKind {
     }
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for KeychainKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            KeychainKind::External => write!(f, "External"),
+            KeychainKind::Internal => write!(f, "Internal"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for KeychainKind {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         match self {
diff --git a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/error.rs b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/error.rs
index adce5b188..e736c5a43 100644
--- a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/error.rs
+++ b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/error.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateTxError {
             Self::Descriptor(e) => e.fmt(f),
             Self::Policy(e) => e.fmt(f),
             CreateTxError::SpendingPolicyRequired(keychain_kind) => {
-                write!(f, "Spending policy required: {:?}", keychain_kind)
+                write!(f, "Spending policy required: {}", keychain_kind)
             }
             CreateTxError::Version0 => {
                 write!(f, "Invalid version `0`")
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for CreateTxError {
                 requested,
                 required,
             } => {
-                write!(f, "TxBuilder requested timelock of `{:?}`, but at least `{:?}` is required to spend from this script", required, requested)
+                write!(f, "TxBuilder requested timelock of `{}`, but at least `{}` is required to spend from this script", required, requested)
             }
             CreateTxError::RbfSequenceCsv { sequence, csv } => {
                 write!(
                     f,
-                    "Cannot enable RBF with nSequence `{:?}` given a required OP_CSV of `{:?}`",
+                    "Cannot enable RBF with nSequence `{}` given a required OP_CSV of `{}`",
                     sequence, csv
                 )
             }
diff --git a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/mod.rs b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/mod.rs
index e4dc6d056..513552918 100644
--- a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/mod.rs
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for LoadError {
             LoadError::MissingNetwork => write!(f, "loaded data is missing network type"),
             LoadError::MissingGenesis => write!(f, "loaded data is missing genesis hash"),
             LoadError::MissingDescriptor(k) => {
-                write!(f, "loaded data is missing descriptor for keychain {k:?}")
+                write!(f, "loaded data is missing descriptor for {k} keychain")
             }
-            LoadError::Mismatch(mismatch) => write!(f, "data mismatch: {mismatch:?}"),
+            LoadError::Mismatch(e) => write!(f, "{e}"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -232,6 +232,44 @@ pub enum LoadMismatch {
     },
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for LoadMismatch {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            LoadMismatch::Network { loaded, expected } => {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "Network mismatch: loaded {}, expected {}",
+                    loaded, expected
+                )
+            }
+            LoadMismatch::Genesis { loaded, expected } => {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "Genesis hash mismatch: loaded {}, expected {}",
+                    loaded, expected
+                )
+            }
+            LoadMismatch::Descriptor {
+                keychain,
+                loaded,
+                expected,
+            } => {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "Descriptor mismatch for {} keychain: loaded {}, expected {}",
+                    keychain,
+                    loaded
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .map_or("None".to_string(), |d| d.to_string()),
+                    expected
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .map_or("None".to_string(), |d| d.to_string())
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<LoadMismatch> for LoadError {
     fn from(mismatch: LoadMismatch) -> Self {
         Self::Mismatch(mismatch)
diff --git a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/persisted.rs b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/persisted.rs
index 1bc0a7884..b3ad1090a 100644
--- a/crates/wallet/src/wallet/persisted.rs
+++ b/crates/wallet/src/wallet/persisted.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ use core::{
     pin::Pin,
 };
 
-use alloc::boxed::Box;
+use alloc::{
+    boxed::Box,
+    string::{String, ToString},
+};
 use chain::Merge;
 
-use crate::{descriptor::DescriptorError, ChangeSet, CreateParams, LoadParams, Wallet};
+use crate::{
+    descriptor::{calc_checksum, DescriptorError},
+    ChangeSet, CreateParams, LoadParams, Wallet,
+};
 
 /// Trait that persists [`PersistedWallet`].
 ///
@@ -363,16 +369,38 @@ pub enum CreateWithPersistError<E> {
 impl<E: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for CreateWithPersistError<E> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
-            Self::Persist(err) => fmt::Display::fmt(err, f),
-            Self::DataAlreadyExists(changeset) => write!(
-                f,
-                "Cannot create wallet in persister which already contains wallet data: {:?}",
-                changeset
-            ),
-            Self::Descriptor(err) => fmt::Display::fmt(&err, f),
+            Self::Persist(err) => write!(f, "Persistence error: {}", err),
+            Self::DataAlreadyExists(changeset) => {
+                write!(f, "{}", changeset_info(changeset))
+            }
+            Self::Descriptor(err) => {
+                write!(f, "{err}")
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
+/// Helper function to write basic fingerprinting information about a changeset
+fn changeset_info(changeset: &ChangeSet) -> String {
+    let network = match &changeset.network {
+        Some(network) => network.to_string(),
+        None => "None".to_string(),
+    };
+    let external_checksum = match &changeset.descriptor {
+        Some(descriptor) => calc_checksum(&descriptor.to_string()).unwrap(),
+        None => "[no external descriptor in the changeset]".to_string(),
+    };
+    let internal_checksum = match &changeset.change_descriptor {
+        Some(descriptor) => calc_checksum(&descriptor.to_string()).unwrap(),
+        None => "[no internal descriptor in the changeset]".to_string(),
+    };
+
+    format!(
+        "Cannot create wallet in a persister which already contains wallet data: \
+        Network: {}, External Descriptor Checksum: {}, Internal Descriptor Checksum: {}",
+        network, external_checksum, internal_checksum
+    )
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl<E: fmt::Debug + fmt::Display> std::error::Error for CreateWithPersistError<E> {}