diff --git a/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go b/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
index f281a156405..aadd300d7d9 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/container_log_rotation_test.go
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("ContainerLogRotation [Slow] [Serial] [Disruptive]", func()
 		ginkgo.It("should be rotated and limited to a fixed amount of files", func(ctx context.Context) {
 
 			ginkgo.By("get container log path")
-			framework.ExpectEqual(len(logRotationPod.Status.ContainerStatuses), 1)
+			framework.ExpectEqual(len(logRotationPod.Status.ContainerStatuses), 1, "log rotation pod should have one container")
 			id := kubecontainer.ParseContainerID(logRotationPod.Status.ContainerStatuses[0].ContainerID).ID
 			r, _, err := getCRIClient()
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "should connect to CRI and obtain runtime service clients and image service client")
 			resp, err := r.ContainerStatus(context.Background(), id, false)
 			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 			logPath := resp.GetStatus().GetLogPath()
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
index deedc654a66..84568950dad 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/device_plugin_test.go
@@ -106,16 +106,16 @@ func testDevicePlugin(f *framework.Framework, pluginSockDir string) {
 			}, time.Minute, time.Second).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 
 			v1alphaPodResources, err = getV1alpha1NodeDevices()
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "should get node local podresources by accessing the (v1alpha) podresources API endpoint")
 
 			v1PodResources, err = getV1NodeDevices()
-			framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "should get node local podresources by accessing the (v1) podresources API endpoint")
 
 			// Before we run the device plugin test, we need to ensure
 			// that the cluster is in a clean state and there are no
 			// pods running on this node.
-			framework.ExpectEqual(len(v1alphaPodResources.PodResources), 0)
-			framework.ExpectEqual(len(v1PodResources.PodResources), 0)
+			gomega.Expect(v1alphaPodResources.PodResources).To(gomega.BeEmpty(), "should have no pod resources")
+			gomega.Expect(v1PodResources.PodResources).To(gomega.BeEmpty(), "should have no pod resources")
 
 			ginkgo.By("Scheduling a sample device plugin pod")
 			data, err := e2etestfiles.Read(SampleDevicePluginDSYAML)