diff --git a/pkg/expect/expect.go b/pkg/expect/expect.go
index d5a25274101..48fcbf3163d 100644
--- a/pkg/expect/expect.go
+++ b/pkg/expect/expect.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (ep *ExpectProcess) ExpectFunc(ctx context.Context, f func(string) bool) (s
 
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to find match string: %w", ctx.Err())
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("context done before matching log found")
 		case <-time.After(time.Millisecond * 10):
 			// continue loop
 		}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (ep *ExpectProcess) ExpectFunc(ctx context.Context, f func(string) bool) (s
 	// NOTE: we wait readCloseCh for ep.read() to complete draining the log before acquring the lock.
 	case <-ep.readCloseCh:
 	case <-ctx.Done():
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to find match string: %w", ctx.Err())
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("context done before to found matching log")
 	}
 
 	ep.mu.Lock()
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
index fe2a1765e02..93f01647fc5 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Close() error {
 
 func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) waitReady(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer close(ep.donec)
-	return WaitReadyExpectProc(ctx, ep.proc, EtcdServerReadyLines)
+	err := WaitReadyExpectProc(ctx, ep.proc, EtcdServerReadyLines)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find etcd ready lines %q, err: %w", EtcdServerReadyLines, err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Config() *EtcdServerProcessConfig { return ep.cfg }
diff --git a/tests/robustness/failpoint/trigger.go b/tests/robustness/failpoint/trigger.go
index 3f8e2990a2b..801c7484232 100644
--- a/tests/robustness/failpoint/trigger.go
+++ b/tests/robustness/failpoint/trigger.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (t triggerCompact) Trigger(ctx context.Context, _ *testing.T, member e2e.Et
 	for {
 		_, rev, err = cc.Get(ctx, "/", 0)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get revision: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		if !t.multiBatchCompaction || rev > int64(clus.Cfg.ServerConfig.ExperimentalCompactionBatchLimit) {