diff --git a/src/gui/dialogs/unit_recruit.cpp b/src/gui/dialogs/unit_recruit.cpp
index a181e66816a0..08754405c2d1 100644
--- a/src/gui/dialogs/unit_recruit.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/dialogs/unit_recruit.cpp
@@ -134,28 +134,15 @@ void unit_recruit::pre_show(window& window)
 		std::string	image_string = recruit->image() + "~RC(" + recruit->flag_rgb() + ">"
 			+ team_.color() + ")";
 
-		int wb_gold = 0;
-		if(resources::controller) {
-			if(const std::shared_ptr<wb::manager>& whiteb = resources::controller->get_whiteboard()) {
-				wb::future_map future; // So gold takes into account planned spending
-				wb_gold = whiteb->get_spent_gold_for(team_.side());
-			}
-		}
-
-		/// TODO: The name is historical. This is false whenever the unit is not recruitable, not just for gold issues.
-		const bool can_afford = (error.empty() && recruit->cost() <= team_.gold() - wb_gold);
+		/// TODO: The name is historical. This is false whenever the unit is not recruitable.
+		const bool can_afford = error.empty();
 
 		const std::string cost_string = std::to_string(recruit->cost());
 
 		column["use_markup"] = "true";
 		if(!error.empty()) {
-			column["tooltip"] = error;
-		} else if(!can_afford) {
 			// Just set the tooltip on every single element in this row.
-			if(wb_gold > 0)
-				column["tooltip"] = _("This unit cannot be recruited because you will not have enough gold at this point in your plan.");
-			else
-				column["tooltip"] = _("This unit cannot be recruited because you do not have enough gold.");
+			column["tooltip"] = error;
 		}
 
 		column["label"] = image_string + (can_afford ? "" : "~GS()");
diff --git a/src/menu_events.cpp b/src/menu_events.cpp
index d6949312bdfe..338552aec5ec 100644
--- a/src/menu_events.cpp
+++ b/src/menu_events.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ void menu_handler::repeat_recruit(int side_num, const map_location& last_hex)
 	}
 }
 
+// TODO: Return multiple strings here, in case more than one error applies? For
+// example, if you start AOI S5 with 0GP and recruit a Mage, two reasons apply,
+// leader not on keep (extrarecruit=Mage) and not enough gold.
 std::string menu_handler::can_recruit(const std::string& name, int side_num, map_location& loc, map_location& recruited_from)
 {
 	team& current_team = board().get_team(side_num);
@@ -314,11 +317,19 @@ std::string menu_handler::can_recruit(const std::string& name, int side_num, map
 				utils::string_map { { "unit_type_name", u_type->type_name() }});
 	}
 
-	if(u_type->cost() > current_team.gold() - (pc_.get_whiteboard()
-			? pc_.get_whiteboard()->get_spent_gold_for(side_num)
-			: 0))
+	// TODO take a wb::future_map RAII as unit_recruit::pre_show does
+	int wb_gold = 0;
 	{
-		return _("You do not have enough gold to recruit this unit.");
+		wb::future_map future;
+		wb_gold = (pc_.get_whiteboard() ? pc_.get_whiteboard()->get_spent_gold_for(side_num) : 0);
+	}
+	if(u_type->cost() > current_team.gold() - wb_gold)
+	{
+		if(wb_gold > 0)
+			// TRANSLATORS: "plan" refers to Planning Mode
+			return _("At this point in your plan, you will not have enough gold to recruit this unit.");
+		else
+			return _("You do not have enough gold to recruit this unit.");
 	}
 
 	current_team.last_recruit(name);