diff --git a/cmd/anubis/main.go b/cmd/anubis/main.go
index a38cfdb3..c0b2a9d3 100644
--- a/cmd/anubis/main.go
+++ b/cmd/anubis/main.go
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ func main() {
 			redirectDomainsList = append(redirectDomainsList, strings.TrimSpace(domain))
 		}
 	} else {
-		lg.Warn("REDIRECT_DOMAINS is not set, Anubis will only redirect to the same domain a request is coming from, see https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/configuration/redirect-domains")
+		lg.Warn("REDIRECT_DOMAINS is not set, Anubis will redirect to any domain, see https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/configuration/redirect-domains")
 	}
 
 	anubis.CookieName = *cookiePrefix + "-auth"
diff --git a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a96b8e6f..5878cba2 100644
--- a/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - fix: prevent nil pointer panic in challenge validation when threshold rules match during PassChallenge (#1463)
 - Instruct reverse proxies to not cache error pages.
 - Fixed mixed tab/space indentation in Caddy documentation code block
+- Improve error messages and fix broken REDIRECT_DOMAINS link in docs ([#1193](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/issues/1193))
 
 <!-- This changes the project to: -->
 - Fix CEL internal errors when iterating `headers`/`query` map wrappers by implementing map iterators for `HTTPHeaders` and `URLValues` ([#1465](https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/pull/1465)).
diff --git a/docs/docs/admin/installation.mdx b/docs/docs/admin/installation.mdx
index 7000afef..3a4b0516 100644
--- a/docs/docs/admin/installation.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/admin/installation.mdx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Anubis uses these environment variables for configuration:
 | `OVERLAY_FOLDER`               | unset                   | <EO /> If set, treat the given path as an [overlay folder](./botstopper.mdx#custom-images-and-css), allowing you to customize CSS, fonts, images, and add other assets to BotStopper deployments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `POLICY_FNAME`                 | unset                   | The file containing [bot policy configuration](./policies.mdx). See the bot policy documentation for more details. If unset, the default bot policy configuration is used.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `PUBLIC_URL`                   | unset                   | The externally accessible URL for this Anubis instance, used for constructing redirect URLs (e.g., for Traefik forwardAuth). Leave it unset when Anubis terminates traffic directly (sidecar/standalone deployments) or redirect building will fail with `redir=null`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
-| `REDIRECT_DOMAINS`             | unset                   | Comma-separated list of domain names that Anubis should allow redirects to when passing a challenge. See [Redirect Domain Configuration](./configuration/redirect-domains) for more details.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `REDIRECT_DOMAINS`             | unset                   | Comma-separated list of domain names that Anubis should allow redirects to when passing a challenge. See [Redirect Domain Configuration](./configuration/redirect-domains.mdx) for more details.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `SERVE_ROBOTS_TXT`             | `false`                 | If set `true`, Anubis will serve a default `robots.txt` file that disallows all known AI scrapers by name and then additionally disallows every scraper. This is useful if facts and circumstances make it difficult to change the underlying service to serve such a `robots.txt` file.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `SLOG_LEVEL`                   | `INFO`                  | The log level for structured logging. Valid values are `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARN`, and `ERROR`. Set to `DEBUG` to see all requests, evaluations, and detailed diagnostic information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | `SOCKET_MODE`                  | `0770`                  | _Only used when at least one of the `*_BIND_NETWORK` variables are set to `unix`._ The socket mode (permissions) for Unix domain sockets.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
diff --git a/lib/config/config.go b/lib/config/config.go
index 01b46576..b4c5865a 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.go
+++ b/lib/config/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	ErrNoBotRulesDefined                 = errors.New("config: must define at least one (1) bot rule")
 	ErrBotMustHaveName                   = errors.New("config.Bot: must set name")
-	ErrBotMustHaveUserAgentOrPath        = errors.New("config.Bot: must set either user_agent_regex, path_regex, headers_regex, or remote_addresses")
+	ErrBotMustHaveUserAgentOrPath        = errors.New("config.Bot: must set one of user_agent_regex, path_regex, headers_regex, remote_addresses, expression, or Thoth keyword")
 	ErrBotMustHaveUserAgentOrPathNotBoth = errors.New("config.Bot: must set either user_agent_regex, path_regex, and not both")
 	ErrUnknownAction                     = errors.New("config.Bot: unknown action")
 	ErrInvalidUserAgentRegex             = errors.New("config.Bot: invalid user agent regex")