diff --git a/crates/environ/src/compilation.rs b/crates/environ/src/compilation.rs
index 797d7d82a732..acb349ac8312 100644
--- a/crates/environ/src/compilation.rs
+++ b/crates/environ/src/compilation.rs
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ pub type Traps = PrimaryMap<DefinedFuncIndex, Vec<TrapInformation>>;
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum CompileError {
     /// A wasm translation error occured.
-    #[error("WebAssembly translation error: {0}")]
+    #[error("WebAssembly translation error")]
     Wasm(#[from] WasmError),
 
     /// A compilation error occured.
-    #[error("Compilation error: {0}")]
+    #[error("Compilation error")]
     Codegen(#[from] CodegenError),
 
     /// A compilation error occured.
diff --git a/crates/jit/src/action.rs b/crates/jit/src/action.rs
index d9ca5f306344..a09357af1c92 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/action.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/action.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub enum ActionOutcome {
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ActionError {
     /// An internal implementation error occurred.
-    #[error("{0}")]
+    #[error("Failed to setup a module")]
     Setup(#[from] SetupError),
 
     /// No field with the specified name was present.
diff --git a/crates/jit/src/context.rs b/crates/jit/src/context.rs
index 267844f523c5..77b3e2e52f77 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/context.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ pub struct UnknownInstance {
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ContextError {
     /// An unknown instance name was used.
-    #[error("{0}")]
+    #[error("An error occured due to an unknown instance being specified")]
     Instance(#[from] UnknownInstance),
     /// An error occured while performing an action.
-    #[error("{0}")]
+    #[error("An error occurred while performing an action")]
     Action(#[from] ActionError),
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs b/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
index 1e41ea9ba849..e5f65e29bf50 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/instantiate.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ pub enum SetupError {
     Validate(String),
 
     /// A wasm translation error occured.
-    #[error("WebAssembly compilation error: {0}")]
+    #[error("WebAssembly failed to compile")]
     Compile(#[from] CompileError),
 
     /// Some runtime resource was unavailable or insufficient, or the start function
     /// trapped.
-    #[error("Instantiation error: {0}")]
+    #[error("Instantiation failed during setup")]
     Instantiate(#[from] InstantiationError),
 
     /// Debug information generation error occured.
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs b/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
index 467fbec10ba5..f1b178ce8279 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/instance.rs
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ pub enum InstantiationError {
     Resource(String),
 
     /// A wasm link error occured.
-    #[error("{0}")]
+    #[error("Failed to link module")]
     Link(#[from] LinkError),
 
     /// A compilation error occured.
diff --git a/crates/wast/src/wast.rs b/crates/wast/src/wast.rs
index 20251012851e..2ec0e63d93c8 100644
--- a/crates/wast/src/wast.rs
+++ b/crates/wast/src/wast.rs
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ impl WastContext {
                         Ok(()) => bail!("{}\nexpected module to fail to build", context(span)),
                         Err(e) => e,
                     };
-                    let error_message = err.to_string();
+                    let error_message = format!("{:?}", err);
                     if !error_message.contains(&message) {
                         // TODO: change to bail!
                         println!(
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ impl WastContext {
                         }
                         Err(e) => e,
                     };
-                    let error_message = err.to_string();
+                    let error_message = format!("{:?}", err);
                     if !error_message.contains(&message) {
                         // TODO: change to bail!
                         println!(
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ impl WastContext {
                         Ok(()) => bail!("{}\nexpected module to fail to link", context(span)),
                         Err(e) => e,
                     };
-                    let error_message = err.to_string();
+                    let error_message = format!("{:?}", err);
                     if !error_message.contains(&message) {
                         bail!(
                             "{}\nassert_unlinkable: expected {}, got {}",