diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46731db1a..4ea74548c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
+.idea
 
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
diff --git a/jsonschema/_validators.py b/jsonschema/_validators.py
index 5246dfa7a..ae140fc66 100644
--- a/jsonschema/_validators.py
+++ b/jsonschema/_validators.py
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ def required_draft4(validator, required, instance, schema):
 
 def minProperties_draft4(validator, mP, instance, schema):
     if validator.is_type(instance, "object") and len(instance) < mP:
-        yield ValidationError("%r is too short" % (instance,))
+        yield ValidationError("%r does not have enough properties" % (instance,))
 
 
 def maxProperties_draft4(validator, mP, instance, schema):
     if not validator.is_type(instance, "object"):
         return
     if validator.is_type(instance, "object") and len(instance) > mP:
-        yield ValidationError("%r is too short" % (instance,))
+        yield ValidationError("%r has too many properties" % (instance,))
 
 
 def allOf_draft4(validator, allOf, instance, schema):