Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ExceptionUtil.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ExceptionUtil.java	(revision 3022)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/ExceptionUtil.java	(revision 3023)
@@ -306,5 +306,7 @@
         String apiUrl = OsmApi.getOsmApi().getBaseUrl();
         String message = tr("The OSM server ''{0}'' reported a bad request.<br>", apiUrl);
-        if (e.getErrorHeader() != null && e.getErrorHeader().startsWith("The maximum bbox")) {
+        if (e.getErrorHeader() != null && 
+                (e.getErrorHeader().startsWith("The maximum bbox") || 
+                e.getErrorHeader().startsWith("You requested too many nodes"))) {
             message += "<br>"
                 + tr("The area you tried to download is too big or your request was too large."