diff --git a/internal/share/share.go b/internal/share/share.go
index 172235e..7830f24 100644
--- a/internal/share/share.go
+++ b/internal/share/share.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (s Sealed) Open(key []byte) ([]File, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		var wrong *age.NoIdentityMatchError
 		if errors.As(err, &wrong) {
-			return nil, errors.New("the key doesn't decrypt it: the link may have been made with another version of " + s.Key.Name)
+			return nil, s.wrongKey()
 		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't decrypt the link: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -228,6 +228,21 @@ func (s Sealed) Open(key []byte) ([]File, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// wrongKey says why the key, read fine, doesn't decrypt the link: its
+// value isn't the one the link was made with.
+func (s Sealed) wrongKey() error {
+	name := s.Key.Name
+	switch {
+	case s.Key.Kind == provider.KindAzure && s.Key.Version != "":
+		// A version's value never changes.
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s at version %s doesn't decrypt it: the link may be damaged", name, s.Key.Version)
+	case s.Key.Kind == provider.KindAzure:
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s's current version isn't the one the link was made with, so it can't decrypt it: ask for a new link", name)
+	}
+	// Databricks secrets and SOPS values are changed in place.
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s has changed since the link was made, so it can't decrypt it: ask for a new link", name)
+}
+
 // CheckPath accepts a path relative to a repo's root, with slashes, of an
 // env file (.env, .env.local, prod.env) outside .git: what a link may
 // write.
diff --git a/internal/share/share_test.go b/internal/share/share_test.go
index d61f803..069c68f 100644
--- a/internal/share/share_test.go
+++ b/internal/share/share_test.go
@@ -49,11 +49,33 @@ func TestSealOpen(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(got) != 2 || got[1].Path != files[1].Path || string(got[1].Data) != string(files[1].Data) {
 		t.Errorf("opened %+v", got)
 	}
-	if _, err := s.Open([]byte("another key, long enough to use")); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "doesn't decrypt") {
+	if _, err := s.Open([]byte("another key, long enough to use")); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "env-share at version 91d3e0 doesn't decrypt it") {
 		t.Errorf("wrong key: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestWrongKeySaysWhy(t *testing.T) {
+	files := []File{{Path: ".env", Data: []byte("A=1\n")}}
+	for link, want := range map[string]string{
+		"lazysecrets://databricks/adb-1.1.azuredatabricks.net/team/env-share": "env-share has changed since the link was made",
+		"lazysecrets://repo/git.example.com%2Fteam%2Fapp/secrets.yaml/share":  "share has changed since the link was made",
+		"lazysecrets://azure/kv-team.vault.azure.net/secrets/env-share":       "env-share's current version isn't the one the link was made with",
+	} {
+		k, err := ParseKey(link)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		r, err := Seal(Header{Key: k}, pass, files, Rules{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		s, _ := Read(r)
+		if _, err := s.Open([]byte("rotated since, and long enough to be a key")); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), want) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v, want %q", link, err, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSealRefuses(t *testing.T) {
 	ok := []File{{Path: ".env", Data: []byte("A=1")}}
 	for name, c := range map[string]struct {
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/sharefiles.go b/internal/ui/app/sharefiles.go
index 940a006..e5cf8a5 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/sharefiles.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/sharefiles.go
@@ -304,16 +304,16 @@ func (m *Model) handleShareOpened(msg shareOpenedMsg) tea.Cmd {
 }
 
 // openFailed says why a share link couldn't be decrypted, in a popup
-// where its offer was: its first line, or with whole all of it
+// where its offer was: its first line (wrapped), or with whole all of it
 // (Key Vault's refusals say what to check on later lines). From there,
 // the key's secret can be gone to: its version, which may be disabled.
 func (m *Model) openFailed(s share.Sealed, err error, whole bool) {
 	width := max(30, min(m.w-12, 76))
 	text := capitalize(err.Error())
 	first, rest, _ := strings.Cut(text, "\n")
-	cut := !whole && (rest != "" || ansi.StringWidth(first) > width-2)
+	cut := !whole && rest != "" // more than the reason: what to check
 	if !whole {
-		text = ansi.Truncate(first, width-2, "…")
+		text = first
 	}
 	var lines []string
 	for i, l := range strings.Split(ansi.Wordwrap(text, width-2, " "), "\n") {