diff --git a/app/models/epp/contact.rb b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
index 5962c31e1..6e62ce185 100644
--- a/app/models/epp/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/epp/contact.rb
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
     # https://github.com/internetee/registry/issues/576
     if ident_frame
       if identifier.valid?
-        deny_ident_update
+        report_update_disallowed_error
       else
-        ident_change_disallowed = ident_frame.text.present? && (ident_frame.text != ident)
-        deny_ident_update if ident_change_disallowed
+        wrong_ident = ident_frame.text.present? && (ident_frame.text != ident)
+        report_wrong_ident_error if wrong_ident
 
         identifier = Ident.new(code: ident,
                                type: ident_frame.attr('type'),
@@ -240,7 +240,11 @@ class Epp::Contact < Contact
 
   private
 
-  def deny_ident_update
-    throw :epp_error, { code: '2308', msg: I18n.t(:ident_update_error) }
+  def report_update_disallowed_error
+    throw :epp_error, { code: '2308', msg: I18n.t('epp.contacts.errors.update_disallowed') }
+  end
+
+  def report_wrong_ident_error
+    throw :epp_error, { code: '2308', msg: I18n.t('epp.contacts.errors.wrong_ident') }
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 62d145b28..e44ca22ed 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -473,9 +473,6 @@ en:
   crt_revoked: 'CRT (revoked)'
   contact_org_error: 'Parameter value policy error. Org must be blank'
   contact_fax_error: 'Parameter value policy error. Fax must be blank'
-  ident_update_error: >-
-    Data management policy violation:
-    update of ident not allowed, please consider creating new contact object
   invoices: 'Invoices'
   no_such_user: 'No such user'
   phone_no: 'Phone number'
diff --git a/config/locales/epp/contacts.en.yml b/config/locales/epp/contacts.en.yml
index a669310ab..2175717d0 100644
--- a/config/locales/epp/contacts.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/epp/contacts.en.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@ en:
     contacts:
       completed: Command completed successfully
       completed_without_address: Command completed successfully; Postal address data discarded
+
+      errors:
+        update_disallowed: >-
+          Ident update is not allowed.
+          Consider creating new contact object
+        wrong_ident: >-
+          Ident is wrong.
+          A valid ident should be provided in order to be able to update missing ident country code or type
diff --git a/spec/requests/epp/contact/update/ident_spec.rb b/spec/requests/epp/contact/update/ident_spec.rb
index 87879f35d..61ccfc85f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/epp/contact/update/ident_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/epp/contact/update/ident_spec.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'EPP contact:update' do
     specify do
       request
 
-      message = 'Data management policy violation:' \
-                ' update of ident not allowed, please consider creating new contact object'
-      expect(epp_response).to have_result(:data_management_policy_violation, message)
+      expect(epp_response).to have_result(:data_management_policy_violation,
+                                          t('epp.contacts.errors.update_disallowed'))
     end
   end
 
@@ -172,9 +171,8 @@ RSpec.describe 'EPP contact:update' do
       specify do
         request
 
-        message = 'Data management policy violation:' \
-                ' update of ident not allowed, please consider creating new contact object'
-        expect(epp_response).to have_result(:data_management_policy_violation, message)
+        expect(epp_response).to have_result(:data_management_policy_violation,
+                                            t('epp.contacts.errors.wrong_ident'))
       end
     end
   end