diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/create.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/create.go
index f8c2dd4c34..cd95727fde 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/create.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/create.go
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ func createHandler(r rest.NamedCreater, scope RequestScope, admit admission.Inte
 		if scope.FieldManager != nil {
 			liveObj, err := scope.Creater.New(scope.Kind)
 			if err != nil {
-				scope.err(fmt.Errorf("failed to create new object: %v", err), w, req)
+				scope.err(fmt.Errorf("failed to create new object (Create for %v): %v", scope.Kind, err), w, req)
 				return
 			}
 
 			obj, err = scope.FieldManager.Update(liveObj, obj, prefixFromUserAgent(req.UserAgent()))
 			if err != nil {
-				scope.err(fmt.Errorf("failed to update object managed fields: %v", err), w, req)
+				scope.err(fmt.Errorf("failed to update object (Create for %v) managed fields: %v", scope.Kind, err), w, req)
 				return
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
index 2d0d5f0807..dd41e93eb9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/patch.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (p *jsonPatcher) applyPatchToCurrentObject(currentObject runtime.Object) (r
 
 	if p.fieldManager != nil {
 		if objToUpdate, err = p.fieldManager.Update(currentObject, objToUpdate, prefixFromUserAgent(p.userAgent)); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object managed fields: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object (json PATCH for %v) managed fields: %v", p.kind, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return objToUpdate, nil
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (p *smpPatcher) applyPatchToCurrentObject(currentObject runtime.Object) (ru
 
 	if p.fieldManager != nil {
 		if newObj, err = p.fieldManager.Update(currentObject, newObj, prefixFromUserAgent(p.userAgent)); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object managed fields: %v", err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object (smp PATCH for %v) managed fields: %v", p.kind, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return newObj, nil
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/update.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/update.go
index a57e913d5b..4e0c17559f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/update.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/update.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func UpdateResource(r rest.Updater, scope RequestScope, admit admission.Interfac
 		if scope.FieldManager != nil {
 			transformers = append(transformers, func(_ context.Context, newObj, liveObj runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
 				if obj, err = scope.FieldManager.Update(liveObj, newObj, prefixFromUserAgent(req.UserAgent())); err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object managed fields: %v", err)
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update object (Update for %v) managed fields: %v", scope.Kind, err)
 				}
 				return obj, nil
 			})