diff --git a/vmm/src/api/mod.rs b/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
index 66e52879a..9abe2ce6f 100644
--- a/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub enum VmReceiveMigrationConfigError {
     #[error("Error parsing receive migration parameters")]
     ParseError(#[source] OptionParserError),
 
-    #[error("Error validating receive migration parameters")]
+    #[error("Error validating receive migration parameters: {0}")]
     ValidationError(String),
 }
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ pub enum VmSendMigrationConfigError {
     )]
     InvalidDestinationUrl(#[source] TcpAddressParseError),
 
-    #[error("Error validating send migration parameters")]
+    #[error("Error validating send migration parameters: {0}")]
     ValidationError(String),
 }
 
diff --git a/vmm/src/config.rs b/vmm/src/config.rs
index 0c6769e3f..f2cef2482 100644
--- a/vmm/src/config.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/config.rs
@@ -394,18 +394,18 @@ pub enum ValidationError {
     #[error("Path {0:?} provided in landlock-rules does not exist")]
     LandlockPathDoesNotExist(PathBuf),
     /// Access provided in landlock-rules in invalid
-    #[error("access provided in landlock-rules in invalid")]
+    #[error("Invalid landlock access: {0}")]
     InvalidLandlockAccess(String),
     /// Invalid block device serial length
     #[error("Block device serial length ({0}) exceeds maximum allowed length ({1})")]
     InvalidSerialLength(usize, usize),
     #[cfg(feature = "ivshmem")]
     /// Invalid Ivshmem input size
-    #[error("Invalid ivshmem input size")]
+    #[error("Invalid ivshmem input size: {0}")]
     InvalidIvshmemInputSize(u64),
     #[cfg(feature = "ivshmem")]
     /// Invalid Ivshmem backend file size
-    #[error("Invalid ivshmem backend file size")]
+    #[error("Invalid ivshmem backend file size: {0}")]
     InvalidIvshmemSize(u64),
     #[cfg(feature = "ivshmem")]
     /// Invalid Ivshmem backend file path
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ pub enum ValidationError {
     #[error("IP provided without a mask")]
     IpProvidedWithoutMask,
     /// Invalid NUMA Configuration
-    #[error("NUMA Configuration is invalid")]
+    #[error("Invalid NUMA configuration: {0}")]
     InvalidNumaConfig(String),
     /// The supplied PCI ID was greater then the max. supported number
     /// of devices per Bus
diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 4f592eb13..e87d7e512 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
     RemoveDeviceFromMmioBus(#[source] vm_device::BusError),
 
     /// Failed to find the device corresponding to a specific PCI b/d/f.
-    #[error("Failed to find the device corresponding to a specific PCI b/d/f")]
+    #[error("Failed to find the device corresponding to a specific PCI b/d/f: {0:#x}")]
     UnknownPciBdf(u32),
 
     /// Not allowed to remove this type of device from the VM.
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
     RemovalNotAllowed(vm_virtio::VirtioDeviceType),
 
     /// Failed to find device corresponding to the given identifier.
-    #[error("Failed to find device corresponding to the given identifier")]
+    #[error("Failed to find device corresponding to the given identifier: {0}")]
     UnknownDeviceId(String),
 
     /// Failed to find an available PCI device ID.
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ pub enum DeviceManagerError {
     InvalidIdentifier(String),
 
     /// vfio-user socket path already in use by another user device.
-    #[error("vfio-user socket path already in use: {0:?}")]
+    #[error("VFIO-user socket path already in use: {0:?}")]
     UserDeviceSocketInUse(path::PathBuf),
 
     /// Failed retrieving device state from snapshot
diff --git a/vmm/src/igvm/igvm_loader.rs b/vmm/src/igvm/igvm_loader.rs
index 57ef05a6c..31d965096 100644
--- a/vmm/src/igvm/igvm_loader.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/igvm/igvm_loader.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("Error decoding host data")]
     FailedToDecodeHostData(#[source] hex::FromHexError),
     #[error("Error allocating address space")]
-    MemoryManager(MemoryManagerError),
+    MemoryManager(#[source] MemoryManagerError),
     #[error("IGVM file not provided")]
     MissingIgvm,
     #[error("Error applying VMSA to vCPU registers: {0}")]
diff --git a/vmm/src/igvm/loader.rs b/vmm/src/igvm/loader.rs
index a27eb9498..1e91ea18b 100644
--- a/vmm/src/igvm/loader.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/igvm/loader.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     MemoryUnavailable,
     #[error("failed to import pages")]
     ImportPagesFailed,
-    #[error("invalid vp context memory")]
-    InvalidVpContextMemory(&'static str),
     #[error("data larger than imported region")]
     DataTooLarge,
 }
diff --git a/vmm/src/serial_manager.rs b/vmm/src/serial_manager.rs
index b62b7abba..6975d464a 100644
--- a/vmm/src/serial_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/serial_manager.rs
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     /// Cannot create seccomp filter.
     #[error("Error creating seccomp filter")]
-    CreateSeccompFilter(seccompiler::Error),
+    CreateSeccompFilter(#[source] seccompiler::Error),
 
     /// Cannot apply seccomp filter.
     #[error("Error applying seccomp filter")]
-    ApplySeccompFilter(seccompiler::Error),
+    ApplySeccompFilter(#[source] seccompiler::Error),
 }
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;