diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiLabelBrowser.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiLabelBrowser.tsx
index 95c949b423a..6d3fc47f134 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiLabelBrowser.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiLabelBrowser.tsx
@@ -361,9 +361,7 @@ export class UnthemedLokiLabelBrowser extends React.Component<BrowserProps, Brow
         return;
       }
       if (Object.keys(possibleLabels).length === 0) {
-        // Sometimes the backend does not return a valid set
-        console.error('No results for label combination, but should not occur.');
-        this.setState({ error: `Facetting failed for ${selector}` });
+        this.setState({ error: `Empty results, no matching label for ${selector}` });
         return;
       }
       const labels: SelectableLabel[] = facetLabels(this.state.labels, possibleLabels, lastFacetted);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
index 76a9ba17889..7c5c717d8cf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
@@ -433,9 +433,7 @@ export class UnthemedPrometheusMetricsBrowser extends React.Component<BrowserPro
         return;
       }
       if (Object.keys(possibleLabels).length === 0) {
-        // Sometimes the backend does not return a valid set
-        console.error('No results for label combination, but should not occur.');
-        this.setState({ error: `Facetting failed for ${selector}` });
+        this.setState({ error: `Empty results, no matching label for ${selector}` });
         return;
       }
       const labels: SelectableLabel[] = facetLabels(this.state.labels, possibleLabels, lastFacetted);