diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
index 620d13aa247..110b40c6c83 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/BUILD
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/google/cadvisor/info/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/google.golang.org/grpc:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
index 0770b977406..bd7a5ba6c92 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_container.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+
 	"github.com/armon/circbuf"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 
@@ -99,12 +101,12 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) startContainer(podSandboxID string, podSandb
 
 	containerConfig, err := m.generateContainerConfig(container, pod, restartCount, podIP, imageRef)
 	if err != nil {
-		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, "", v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToCreateContainer, "Error: %v", err)
+		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, "", v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToCreateContainer, "Error: %v", grpc.ErrorDesc(err))
 		return "Generate Container Config Failed", err
 	}
 	containerID, err := m.runtimeService.CreateContainer(podSandboxID, containerConfig, podSandboxConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToCreateContainer, "Error: %v", err)
+		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToCreateContainer, "Error: %v", grpc.ErrorDesc(err))
 		return "Create Container Failed", err
 	}
 	m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeNormal, events.CreatedContainer, "Created container")
@@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) startContainer(podSandboxID string, podSandb
 	// Step 3: start the container.
 	err = m.runtimeService.StartContainer(containerID)
 	if err != nil {
-		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToStartContainer, "Error: %v", err)
+		m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedToStartContainer, "Error: %v", grpc.ErrorDesc(err))
 		return "Start Container Failed", err
 	}
 	m.recordContainerEvent(pod, container, containerID, v1.EventTypeNormal, events.StartedContainer, "Started container")