diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
index d12b2cbe77b..9f56a729aac 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/eviction_manager.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package eviction
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ func (m *managerImpl) Admit(attrs *lifecycle.PodAdmitAttributes) lifecycle.PodAd
 	return lifecycle.PodAdmitResult{
 		Admit:   false,
 		Reason:  reason,
-		Message: message,
+		Message: fmt.Sprintf(message, m.nodeConditions),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -254,11 +255,11 @@ func (m *managerImpl) synchronize(diskInfoProvider DiskInfoProvider, podFunc Act
 		pod := activePods[i]
 		status := api.PodStatus{
 			Phase:   api.PodFailed,
-			Message: message,
+			Message: fmt.Sprintf(message, resourceToReclaim),
 			Reason:  reason,
 		}
 		// record that we are evicting the pod
-		m.recorder.Eventf(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, reason, message)
+		m.recorder.Eventf(pod, api.EventTypeWarning, reason, fmt.Sprintf(message, resourceToReclaim))
 		gracePeriodOverride := int64(0)
 		if softEviction {
 			gracePeriodOverride = m.config.MaxPodGracePeriodSeconds
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
index 7a0c7766108..290ca66226b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	// the reason reported back in status.
 	reason = "Evicted"
 	// the message associated with the reason.
-	message = "The node was low on compute resources."
+	message = "The node was low on resource: %v."
 	// disk, in bytes.  internal to this module, used to account for local disk usage.
 	resourceDisk api.ResourceName = "disk"
 	// inodes, number. internal to this module, used to account for local disk inode consumption.