diff --git a/apps/profile/templates/404-profile.php b/apps/profile/templates/404-profile.php
index 2d34a9e7614ce..d2cfe557ff9eb 100644
--- a/apps/profile/templates/404-profile.php
+++ b/apps/profile/templates/404-profile.php
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
  */
+
 /** @var array $_ */
 /** @var \OCP\IL10N $l */
 /** @var \OCP\Defaults $theme */
+
 // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
-if (!isset($_)) { //standalone  page is not supported anymore - redirect to /
+if (!isset($_)) {
+	// Standalone access is not supported; redirect to the root.
 	require_once '../../../lib/base.php';
 
 	$urlGenerator = \OCP\Server::get(\OCP\IURLGenerator::class);
@@ -15,16 +18,22 @@
 	exit;
 }
 // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
+
+$urlGenerator = \OCP\Server::get(\OCP\IURLGenerator::class);
+$backUrl = $urlGenerator->linkTo('', 'index.php');
 ?>
-<?php if (isset($_['content'])) : ?>
-	<?php print_unescaped($_['content']) ?>
-<?php else : ?>
+
+<?php if (isset($_['content'])): ?>
+	<?php print_unescaped($_['content']); ?>
+<?php else: ?>
 	<div class="body-login-container update">
 		<div class="icon-big icon-error"></div>
 		<h2><?php p($l->t('Profile not found')); ?></h2>
-		<p class="infogroup"><?php p($l->t('The profile does not exist.')); ?></p>
-		<p><a class="button primary" href="<?php p(\OCP\Server::get(\OCP\IURLGenerator::class)->linkTo('', 'index.php')) ?>">
+		<p class="infogroup"><?php p($l->t('The profile does not exist or is unavailable.')); ?></p>
+		<p>
+			<a class="button primary" href="<?php p($backUrl); ?>">
 				<?php p($l->t('Back to %s', [$theme->getName()])); ?>
-			</a></p>
+			</a>
+		</p>
 	</div>
 <?php endif; ?>