diff --git a/write/csvToProtocolLines.go b/write/csvToProtocolLines.go
index 8b72de8868..4076fa7ff1 100644
--- a/write/csvToProtocolLines.go
+++ b/write/csvToProtocolLines.go
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@ type CsvLineError struct {
 }
 
 func (e CsvLineError) Error() string {
-	switch err := e.Err.(type) {
-	case CsvColumnError:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("line %d, column '%s': %v", e.Line, err.Column, err)
-	default:
-		return fmt.Sprintf("line %d: %v", e.Line, e.Err)
-	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("line %d: %v", e.Line, e.Err)
 }
 
 type lineReader struct {
diff --git a/write/csvToProtocolLines_test.go b/write/csvToProtocolLines_test.go
index 08f387fdad..4f72595e96 100644
--- a/write/csvToProtocolLines_test.go
+++ b/write/csvToProtocolLines_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package write
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -75,3 +76,23 @@ func Test_CsvToProtocolLines_success(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// Test_CsvLineError checks formating of line errors
+func Test_CsvLineError(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		err   CsvLineError
+		value string
+	}{
+		{
+			CsvLineError{Line: 1, Err: errors.New("cause")},
+			"line 1: cause",
+		},
+		{
+			CsvLineError{Line: 2, Err: CsvColumnError{"a", errors.New("cause")}},
+			"line 2: column 'a': cause",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		require.Equal(t, test.value, test.err.Error())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/write/dataConversion.go b/write/dataConversion.go
index 0327e2b0e1..22311f1ec2 100644
--- a/write/dataConversion.go
+++ b/write/dataConversion.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func toTypedValue(val string, dataType string) (interface{}, error) {
 	case base64BinaryDataType:
 		return base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(val)
 	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("value '%s' has unsupported data type '%s'", val, dataType)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported data type '%s'", dataType)
 	}
 }