diff --git a/virtcontainers/container.go b/virtcontainers/container.go
index c53f5ee47..c7da8abfd 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/container.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/container.go
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ func (c *Container) cgroupsDelete() error {
 	}
 
 	if err := cgroup.Delete(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not delete container cgroup %v: %v", c.state.CgroupPath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Could not delete container cgroup path='%v': error='%v'", c.state.CgroupPath, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ func (c *Container) cgroupsUpdate(resources specs.LinuxResources) error {
 
 	// update cgroup
 	if err := cgroup.Update(&r); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not update cgroup %v: %v", c.state.CgroupPath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Could not update container cgroup path='%v': error='%v'", c.state.CgroupPath, err)
 	}
 
 	// store new resources
diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 5319a47aa..a749f9ece 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) cgroupsUpdate() error {
 	}
 
 	if err := cgroup.Update(&resources); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Could not update cgroup %v: %v", s.state.CgroupPath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Could not update sandbox cgroup path='%v' error='%v'", s.state.CgroupPath, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil