diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
index 0410d037859..fc636601b5d 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) callAttrMutatingHook(ctx context.Context, h *admiss
 
 	uid, request, response, err := webhookrequest.CreateAdmissionObjects(attr, invocation)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
+		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: fmt.Errorf("could not create admission objects: %w", err)}
 	}
 	// Make the webhook request
 	client, err := invocation.Webhook.GetRESTClient(a.cm)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
+		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: fmt.Errorf("could not get REST client: %w", err)}
 	}
 	trace := utiltrace.New("Call mutating webhook",
 		utiltrace.Field{"configuration", configurationName},
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) callAttrMutatingHook(ctx context.Context, h *admiss
 	}
 
 	if err := r.Do(ctx).Into(response); err != nil {
-		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
+		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: fmt.Errorf("failed to call webhook: %w", err)}
 	}
 	trace.Step("Request completed")
 
 	result, err := webhookrequest.VerifyAdmissionResponse(uid, true, response)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: err}
+		return false, &webhookutil.ErrCallingWebhook{WebhookName: h.Name, Reason: fmt.Errorf("received invalid webhook response: %w", err)}
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range result.AuditAnnotations {