diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
index 628a4159867e78e0582770d0a54825a0e9d11118..46302db643da4b6196e972dcf9233e04573bfedf 100644
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ b/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: swh.deposit
-Version: 0.0.38
+Version: 0.0.39
 Summary: Software Heritage Deposit Server
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-deposit/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 319b8c1e9d2cd97ca3c0eab4786cc777a9277db7..f7d3eab1ae52dc0f442a9794bc10a578f503a244 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ a shell client.
 
 The api is rooted at https://deposit.softwareheritage.org.
 
-For more details, see the [main README](./README.md).
+For more details, see the [main documentation](./index.html).
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ but it will be answered with a 403 forbidden answer.
 
 ### Multi-steps deposit
 
-1. Create a deposit
+#### Create a deposit
 
 We will use the collection IRI again as the starting point.
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ curl -i --user <client-name>:<pass> \
 
 The expected answer is the same as the previous sample.
 
-2. Update deposit's metadata
+#### Update deposit's metadata
 
 To update a deposit, we can either add some more archives, some more
 metadata or replace existing ones.
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Content-Type: application/xml
 </entry>
 ```
 
-3. Check the deposit's state
+#### Check the deposit's state
 
 You need to check the STATE-IRI endpoint (/1/<collection-name>/10/status/).
 
diff --git a/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index 628a4159867e78e0582770d0a54825a0e9d11118..46302db643da4b6196e972dcf9233e04573bfedf 100644
--- a/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/swh.deposit.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: swh.deposit
-Version: 0.0.38
+Version: 0.0.39
 Summary: Software Heritage Deposit Server
 Home-page: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-deposit/
 Author: Software Heritage developers
diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
index b78850223f9a4c9af501218bb8951ef9fce090de..e3875c481a7fd01f067234db798f65777b0301ee 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/private/deposit_check.py
@@ -63,22 +63,16 @@ class SWHChecksDeposit(SWHGetDepositAPI, SWHPrivateAPIView):
             True if metadata is ok, False otherwise.
 
         """
-        must_meta = ['url', 'external_identifier', ['name', 'title'], 'author']
-        # checks only for must metadata on all metadata requests
-        for mm in must_meta:
-            found = False
-            for k in metadata:
-                if isinstance(mm, list):
-                    for p in mm:
-                        if p in k:
-                            found = True
-                            break
-                elif mm in k:
-                    found = True
-                    break
-            if not found:
-                return False
-        return True
+        required_fields = (('url',),
+                           ('external_identifier',),
+                           ('name', 'title'),
+                           ('author',))
+
+        result = all(any(name in field
+                         for field in metadata
+                         for name in possible_names)
+                     for possible_names in required_fields)
+        return result
 
     def process_get(self, req, collection_name, deposit_id):
         """Build a unique tarball from the multiple received and stream that
@@ -95,6 +89,7 @@ class SWHChecksDeposit(SWHGetDepositAPI, SWHPrivateAPIView):
         """
         deposit = Deposit.objects.get(pk=deposit_id)
         all_metadata = {}
+        archives_status = False
         # will check each deposit request for the deposit
         for dr in self.deposit_requests(deposit):
             if dr.type.name == ARCHIVE_TYPE:
diff --git a/swh/deposit/models.py b/swh/deposit/models.py
index fd0f4694c85de491a72c689029bfed6b5879f9f6..3270bef10f7b725b47711523b26bf97a78a4b8de 100644
--- a/swh/deposit/models.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/models.py
@@ -52,18 +52,20 @@ DEPOSIT_STATUS = [
 
 """Possible status and the detailed meaning."""
 DEPOSIT_STATUS_DETAIL = {
-    DEPOSIT_STATUS_PARTIAL: 'Deposit is new or partially received since it can'
-                            ' be done in multiple requests',
+    DEPOSIT_STATUS_PARTIAL: 'Deposit is partially received. To finalize it, '
+                            'In-Progress header should be false',
     'expired': 'Deposit has been there too long and is now '
                'deemed ready to be garbage collected',
     DEPOSIT_STATUS_READY_FOR_CHECKS: 'Deposit is ready for additional checks '
-                                     '(tarball ok, etc...)',
+                                     '(tarball ok, metadata, etc...)',
     DEPOSIT_STATUS_READY: 'Deposit is fully received, checked, and '
                           'ready for loading',
     'rejected': 'Deposit failed the checks',
     'loading': "Loading is ongoing on swh's side",
-    DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_SUCCESS: 'Loading is successful',
-    DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_FAILURE: 'Loading is a failure',
+    DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_SUCCESS: 'The deposit has been successfully '
+                                 'loaded into the Software Heritage archive',
+    DEPOSIT_STATUS_LOAD_FAILURE: 'The deposit loading into the '
+                                 'Software Heritage archive failed',
 }
 
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 2cbb505c79a656d6ad01c9c7f6f02ba9334680de..b67d3fa4ae82c72700b9db1ce5b51d2687ce6687 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.0.38-0-geff3391
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.0.39-0-g5214a45
\ No newline at end of file