diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureLoft.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureLoft.cpp
index 11622296ea..8a62a80774 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureLoft.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/FeatureLoft.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Loft::execute(void)
                 profilePoint = ex.Current();
             }
             if (i > 1)
-                return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("Loft: Only one isolated point is needed if using a sketch with isolated points for section");
+                return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("Loft: When using points for profile/sections, the sketch should have a single point");
         }
 
         bool isLastSectionVertex = false;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ App::DocumentObjectExecReturn *Loft::execute(void)
                         wires.push_back(ex.Current());
                 }
                 if (j > 1)
-                    return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("Loft: Only one isolated point is needed if using a sketch with isolated points for section");
+                    return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("Loft: When using points for profile/sections, the sketch should have a single point");
             }
             if (!isLastSectionVertex && numWiresAdded < wiresections.size())
                 return new App::DocumentObjectExecReturn("Loft: Sections need to have the same amount of inner wires as the base section");
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
index ec5d49db68..27a1b754a7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/Command.cpp
@@ -1005,11 +1005,14 @@ void prepareProfileBased(PartDesign::Body *pcActiveBody, Gui::Command* cmd, cons
 
         auto objCmd = Gui::Command::getObjectCmd(feature);
 
+        // run the command in console to set the profile (without selected subelements)
         auto runProfileCmd =
             [=]() {
                 FCMD_OBJ_CMD(Feat,"Profile = " << objCmd);
             };
 
+        // run the command in console to set the profile with selected subelements
+        // useful to set, say, a face of a solid as the "profile"
         auto runProfileCmdWithSubs =
             [=]() {
                 std::ostringstream ss;
@@ -1023,6 +1026,9 @@ void prepareProfileBased(PartDesign::Body *pcActiveBody, Gui::Command* cmd, cons
             // when a vertex is first selected
             auto subName = subs.empty() ? "" : subs.front();
 
+            // `ProfileBased::getProfileShape()` and other methods will return
+            // just the sub-shapes if they are set. So when whole sketches are
+            // desired, don not set sub-values.
             if (feature->isDerivedFrom(Part::Part2DObject::getClassTypeId()) &&
                 !(subName.size() > 6 && subName.substr(0,6) == "Vertex"))
                 runProfileCmd();