diff --git a/ApiVisualEditor.php b/ApiVisualEditor.php
index 0579119926..2cbd290632 100644
--- a/ApiVisualEditor.php
+++ b/ApiVisualEditor.php
@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ class ApiVisualEditor extends ApiBase {
 			if ( $params['html'] === null ) {
 				$this->dieUsageMsg( 'missingparam', 'html' );
 			}
-			$serialized = array( 'content' => $this->postHTML( $page, $params['html'], $parserParams ) );
-			if ( $serialized === false ) {
+			$content = $this->postHTML( $page, $params['html'], $parserParams );
+			if ( $content === false ) {
 				$this->dieUsage( 'Error contacting the Parsoid server', 'parsoidserver' );
 			} else {
-				$result = array_merge( array( 'result' => 'success' ), $serialized );
+				$result = array( 'result' => 'success', 'content' => $content );
 			}
 		} elseif ( $params['paction'] === 'save' || $params['paction'] === 'diff' ) {
 			$wikitext = $this->postHTML( $page, $params['html'], $parserParams );
diff --git a/modules/ve/init/mw/targets/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.js b/modules/ve/init/mw/targets/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.js
index 50d15c9b8a..e94205fdf9 100644
--- a/modules/ve/init/mw/targets/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.js
+++ b/modules/ve/init/mw/targets/ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.js
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.prototype.onShowChangesError = function ( jqXHR, statu
 ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.prototype.onSerializeError = function ( jqXHR, status ) {
 	alert( ve.msg( 'visualeditor-serializeerror', status ) );
 	this.$saveDialogLoadingIcon.hide();
-	this.saveDialogReviewGoodButton.setDisabled( false );
 	this.saveDialogReviewWrongButton.setDisabled( false );
 };
 
diff --git a/modules/ve/init/mw/ve.init.mw.Target.js b/modules/ve/init/mw/ve.init.mw.Target.js
index ce87f127c7..8fc90e1970 100644
--- a/modules/ve/init/mw/ve.init.mw.Target.js
+++ b/modules/ve/init/mw/ve.init.mw.Target.js
@@ -329,7 +329,11 @@ ve.init.mw.Target.onSerialize = function ( response ) {
 	var data = response.visualeditor;
 	if ( !data && !response.error ) {
 		ve.init.mw.Target.onSerializeError.call( this, null, 'Invalid response from server', null );
-	} else if ( response.error || data.result === 'error' ) {
+	} else if ( response.error ) {
+		ve.init.mw.Target.onSerializeError.call(
+			this, null, 'Unsuccessful request: ' + response.error.info, null
+		);
+	} else if ( data.result === 'error' ) {
 		ve.init.mw.Target.onSerializeError.call( this, null, 'Server error', null );
 	} else if ( typeof data.content !== 'string' ) {
 		ve.init.mw.Target.onSerializeError.call(