diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-apply-edit-last-applied-syntax-error/2.original b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-apply-edit-last-applied-syntax-error/2.original
index d17734396ff..601ea3bda65 100755
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-apply-edit-last-applied-syntax-error/2.original
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-apply-edit-last-applied-syntax-error/2.original
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Please edit the 'last-applied-configuration' annotations below.
 # Lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored, and an empty file will abort the edit.
 #
-# The edited file had a syntax error: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 12: could not find expected ':'
+# The edited file had a syntax error: error parsing edited-file: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 12: could not find expected ':'
 #
 kind: Service
 metadata:
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-syntax-error/2.original b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-syntax-error/2.original
index 85da34d2382..a229c98f05f 100755
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-syntax-error/2.original
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testdata/edit/testcase-syntax-error/2.original
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # and an empty file will abort the edit. If an error occurs while saving this file will be
 # reopened with the relevant failures.
 #
-# The edited file had a syntax error: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 17: could not find expected ':'
+# The edited file had a syntax error: error parsing edited-file: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: line 17: could not find expected ':'
 #
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
index 554fa4a6611..7ab502239f0 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource/visitor.go
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ func (v *StreamVisitor) Visit(fn VisitorFunc) error {
 			if err == io.EOF {
 				return nil
 			}
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("error parsing %s: %v", v.Source, err)
 		}
 		// TODO: This needs to be able to handle object in other encodings and schemas.
 		ext.Raw = bytes.TrimSpace(ext.Raw)