diff --git a/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go b/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
index e8ca41e973b..9c27ca7ab24 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/resourceclaim/controller.go
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ func (ec *Controller) handleClaim(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, podClaim v1.
 			metrics.ResourceClaimCreateFailures.Inc()
 			return fmt.Errorf("create ResourceClaim %s: %v", claimName, err)
 		}
+		logger.V(4).Info("Created ResourceClaim", "claim", klog.KObj(claim), "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 		ec.claimCache.Mutation(claim)
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/controller.go b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/controller.go
index c647796678f..e094ac7894f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/controller.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dra/test-driver/app/controller.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (c *ExampleController) allocateOneByOne(ctx context.Context, claimAllocatio
 	for _, ca := range claimAllocations {
 		allocationResult, err := c.allocateOne(ctx, ca.Claim, ca.ClaimParameters, ca.Class, ca.ClassParameters, selectedNode)
 		if err != nil {
-			ca.Error = fmt.Errorf("failed allocating claim %v", ca.Claim.UID)
+			ca.Error = err
 			continue
 		}
 		ca.Allocation = allocationResult
diff --git a/test/utils/ktesting/tcontext.go b/test/utils/ktesting/tcontext.go
index dac8a8affc6..18bc387e057 100644
--- a/test/utils/ktesting/tcontext.go
+++ b/test/utils/ktesting/tcontext.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -242,7 +243,19 @@ func Init(tb TB, opts ...InitOption) TContext {
 	if c.PerTestOutput {
 		config := ktesting.NewConfig(
 			ktesting.AnyToString(func(v interface{}) string {
-				return format.Object(v, 1)
+				// For basic types where the string
+				// representation is "obvious" we use
+				// fmt.Sprintf because format.Object always
+				// adds a <"type"> prefix, which is too long
+				// for simple values.
+				switch v := v.(type) {
+				case int, int32, int64, uint, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, bool:
+					return fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+				case string:
+					return v
+				default:
+					return strings.TrimSpace(format.Object(v, 1))
+				}
 			}),
 			ktesting.VerbosityFlagName("v"),
 			ktesting.VModuleFlagName("vmodule"),