diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
index 2d491239..10de2348 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ mod utils;
 
 #[derive(Debug, ThisError)]
 pub enum DownloadError {
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to extract zipfile: {0}")]
     Unzip(#[from] ZipError),
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to download from remote: {0}")]
     Remote(#[from] RemoteError),
 
     /// A generic I/O error.
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::io`
     /// - Exit: 74
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("I/O Error: {0}")]
     Io(io::Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
index 56eb42b3..5f2ea6d0 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const DEFAULT_MIN_TLS: tls::Version = tls::Version::TLS_1_2;
 
 #[derive(Debug, ThisError)]
 pub enum Error {
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Reqwest error: {0}")]
     Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
 
     #[error(transparent)]
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/binstall_crates_v1.rs b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/binstall_crates_v1.rs
index 10393211..e0234f77 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/binstall_crates_v1.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/binstall_crates_v1.rs
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ const BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 4096 * 5;
 #[derive(Debug, Diagnostic, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum Error {
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("I/O Error: {0}")]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to parse json: {0}")]
     SerdeJsonParse(#[from] serde_json::Error),
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1.rs b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1.rs
index e5fb6c85..5cffb4e0 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1.rs
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ impl CratesToml<'_> {
 #[derive(Debug, Diagnostic, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum CratesTomlParseError {
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("I/O Error: {0}")]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to deserialize toml: {0}")]
     TomlParse(Box<toml_edit::de::Error>),
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to serialie toml: {0}")]
     TomlWrite(Box<toml_edit::ser::Error>),
 
     #[error(transparent)]
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1/crate_version_source.rs b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1/crate_version_source.rs
index 313532e0..389bed2a 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1/crate_version_source.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-manifests/src/cargo_crates_v1/crate_version_source.rs
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ impl FromStr for CrateVersionSource {
 #[derive(Debug, Diagnostic, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum CvsParseError {
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to parse url in cvs: {0}")]
     UrlParse(#[from] url::ParseError),
 
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to parse version in cvs: {0}")]
     VersionParse(#[from] semver::Error),
 
     #[error("unknown source type {kind}+{arg}")]
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/errors.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/errors.rs
index c833bdaf..5bf297ce 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/errors.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::url_parse`
     /// - Exit: 65
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to parse url: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(severity(error), code(binstall::url_parse))]
     UrlParse(#[from] url::ParseError),
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::unzip`
     /// - Exit: 66
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to extract zipfile: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(severity(error), code(binstall::unzip))]
     Unzip(#[from] ZipError),
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::template`
     /// - Exit: 67
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to render template: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(severity(error), code(binstall::template))]
     Template(Box<TinyTemplateError>),
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::reqwest`
     /// - Exit: 68
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Reqwest error: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(severity(error), code(binstall::reqwest))]
     Reqwest(#[from] ReqwestError),
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::io`
     /// - Exit: 74
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("I/O Error: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(severity(error), code(binstall::io))]
     Io(io::Error),
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub enum BinstallError {
     ///
     /// - Code: `binstall::cargo_manifest`
     /// - Exit: 78
-    #[error(transparent)]
+    #[error("Failed to parse cargo manifest: {0}")]
     #[diagnostic(
         severity(error),
         code(binstall::cargo_manifest),