diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 13a336e51..1acb676e9 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (r *Reader) commitLoopInterval(ctx context.Context, gen *Generation) {
 
 	commit := func() {
 		if err := r.commitOffsetsWithRetry(gen, offsets, defaultCommitRetries); err != nil {
-			r.withErrorLogger(func(l Logger) { l.Printf(err.Error()) })
+			r.withErrorLogger(func(l Logger) { l.Printf("%v", err) })
 		} else {
 			offsets.reset()
 		}
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (r *Reader) run(cg *ConsumerGroup) {
 			}
 			r.stats.errors.observe(1)
 			r.withErrorLogger(func(l Logger) {
-				l.Printf(err.Error())
+				l.Printf("%v", err)
 			})
 			// Continue with next attempt...
 		}
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ func (r *reader) run(ctx context.Context, offset int64) {
 
 			case errors.Is(err, UnknownTopicOrPartition):
 				r.withErrorLogger(func(log Logger) {
-					log.Printf("failed to read from current broker for partition %d of %s at offset %d, topic or parition not found on this broker, %v", r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset), r.brokers)
+					log.Printf("failed to read from current broker %v for partition %d of %s at offset %d: %v", r.brokers, r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset), err)
 				})
 
 				conn.Close()
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ func (r *reader) run(ctx context.Context, offset int64) {
 
 			case errors.Is(err, NotLeaderForPartition):
 				r.withErrorLogger(func(log Logger) {
-					log.Printf("failed to read from current broker for partition %d of %s at offset %d, not the leader", r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset))
+					log.Printf("failed to read from current broker for partition %d of %s at offset %d: %v", r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset), err)
 				})
 
 				conn.Close()
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ func (r *reader) run(ctx context.Context, offset int64) {
 				// Timeout on the kafka side, this can be safely retried.
 				errcount = 0
 				r.withLogger(func(log Logger) {
-					log.Printf("no messages received from kafka within the allocated time for partition %d of %s at offset %d", r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset))
+					log.Printf("no messages received from kafka within the allocated time for partition %d of %s at offset %d: %v", r.partition, r.topic, toHumanOffset(offset), err)
 				})
 				r.stats.timeouts.observe(1)
 				continue