diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/api/decorators/verifiable_pact_decorator.rb b/lib/pact_broker/api/decorators/verifiable_pact_decorator.rb
index 86c2cbdcc..bcd5baa38 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/api/decorators/verifiable_pact_decorator.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/api/decorators/verifiable_pact_decorator.rb
@@ -30,25 +30,33 @@ def initialize(verifiable_pact)
           property :notices, getter: -> (context) { context[:decorator].notices(context[:options][:user_options]) }
           property :noteToDevelopers, getter: -> (_) { "Please print out the text from the 'notices' rather than using the inclusionReason and the pendingReason fields. These will be removed when this API moves out of beta."}
 
-          def inclusion_reason(pact_url)
-            PactBroker::Pacts::VerifiablePactMessages.new(represented, pact_url).inclusion_reason
-          end
-
-          def pending_reason(pact_url)
-            PactBroker::Pacts::VerifiablePactMessages.new(represented, pact_url).pending_reason
-          end
-
           def notices(user_options)
+            # TODO move this out of the decorator
             pact_url = pact_version_url(represented, user_options[:base_url])
-            mess = [{
-              timing: 'pre_verification',
-              text: inclusion_reason(pact_url)
+            messages = PactBroker::Pacts::VerifiablePactMessages.new(represented, pact_url)
+
+            the_notices = [{
+              when: 'before_verification',
+              text: messages.inclusion_reason
             }]
-            mess << {
-              timing: 'pre_verification',
-              text: pending_reason(pact_url)
-            } if user_options[:include_pending_status]
-            mess
+
+            if user_options[:include_pending_status]
+              append_notice(the_notices, 'before_verification', messages.pending_reason)
+              append_notice(the_notices, 'after_verification:success_true_published_false', messages.verification_success_true_published_false)
+              append_notice(the_notices, 'after_verification:success_false_published_false', messages.verification_success_false_published_false)
+              append_notice(the_notices, 'after_verification:success_true_published_true', messages.verification_success_true_published_true)
+              append_notice(the_notices, 'after_verification:success_false_published_true', messages.verification_success_false_published_true)
+            end
+            the_notices
+          end
+
+          def append_notice the_notices, the_when, text
+            if text
+              the_notices << {
+                when: the_when,
+                text: text
+              }
+            end
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/verifiable_pact_messages.rb b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/verifiable_pact_messages.rb
index 24a02defc..9bd73fc60 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/pacts/verifiable_pact_messages.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/pacts/verifiable_pact_messages.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,28 @@ def pending_reason
         end
       end
 
+      def verification_success_true_published_false
+        if pending?
+          "This pact is still in pending state for #{pending_provider_tags_description} as the successful verification results #{with_these_tags}have not yet been published."
+        end
+      end
+
+      def verification_success_true_published_true
+        if pending?
+          "This pact is no longer in pending state for #{pending_provider_tags_description}, as a successful verification result #{with_these_tags}has been published. If a verification for a version with  fails in the future, it will fail the build. #{READ_MORE_PENDING}"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def verification_success_false_published_false
+        if pending?
+          "This pact is still in pending state for #{pending_provider_tags_description} as a successful verification result #{with_these_tags}has not yet been published"
+        end
+      end
+
+      def verification_success_false_published_true
+        verification_success_false_published_false
+      end
+
       private
 
       attr_reader :verifiable_pact, :pact_version_url
@@ -77,6 +99,14 @@ def non_pending_provider_tags_description
         else "a version of #{provider_name} with tag #{join(non_pending_provider_tags)}"
         end
       end
+
+      def with_these_tags
+        case pending_provider_tags.size
+        when 0 then ""
+        when 1 then "with this tag "
+        else "with these tags "
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end