diff --git a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
index bafd91b3fcc..9f34086c2b5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/core/validation/validation.go
@@ -1857,7 +1857,8 @@ func ValidatePersistentVolumeUpdate(newPv, oldPv *core.PersistentVolume) field.E
 
 	// PersistentVolumeSource should be immutable after creation.
 	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(newPv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource, oldPv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource) {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec", "persistentvolumesource"), "is immutable after creation"))
+		pvcSourceDiff := diff.ObjectDiff(newPv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource, oldPv.Spec.PersistentVolumeSource)
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec", "persistentvolumesource"), fmt.Sprintf("spec.persistentvolumesource is immutable after creation\n%v", pvcSourceDiff)))
 	}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, ValidateImmutableField(newPv.Spec.VolumeMode, oldPv.Spec.VolumeMode, field.NewPath("volumeMode"))...)
 
@@ -1972,7 +1973,8 @@ func ValidatePersistentVolumeClaimUpdate(newPvc, oldPvc *core.PersistentVolumeCl
 		newSize := newPvc.Spec.Resources.Requests["storage"]
 
 		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(newPvcClone.Spec, oldPvcClone.Spec) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec"), "is immutable after creation except resources.requests for bound claims"))
+			specDiff := diff.ObjectDiff(newPvcClone.Spec, oldPvcClone.Spec)
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec"), fmt.Sprintf("spec is immutable after creation except resources.requests for bound claims\n%v", specDiff)))
 		}
 		if newSize.Cmp(oldSize) < 0 {
 			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec", "resources", "requests", "storage"), "field can not be less than previous value"))
@@ -1982,7 +1984,8 @@ func ValidatePersistentVolumeClaimUpdate(newPvc, oldPvc *core.PersistentVolumeCl
 		// changes to Spec are not allowed, but updates to label/and some annotations are OK.
 		// no-op updates pass validation.
 		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(newPvcClone.Spec, oldPvcClone.Spec) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec"), "field is immutable after creation"))
+			specDiff := diff.ObjectDiff(newPvcClone.Spec, oldPvcClone.Spec)
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec"), fmt.Sprintf("field is immutable after creation\n%v", specDiff)))
 		}
 	}