diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/request_deadline.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/request_deadline.go
index 51425bb8acd..7497bc38a42 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/request_deadline.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/request_deadline.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func withRequestDeadline(handler http.Handler, sink audit.Sink, policy audit.Pol
 
 		requestInfo, ok := request.RequestInfoFrom(ctx)
 		if !ok {
-			handleError(w, req, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("no RequestInfo found in context, handler chain must be wrong"))
+			handleError(w, req, http.StatusInternalServerError, nil, "no RequestInfo found in context, handler chain must be wrong")
 			return
 		}
 		if longRunning(req, requestInfo) {
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ func parseTimeout(req *http.Request) (time.Duration, bool, error) {
 	return timeout, true, nil
 }
 
-func handleError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, code int, err error) {
-	errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Error - %s: %#v", err.Error(), r.RequestURI)
-	http.Error(w, errorMsg, code)
-	klog.Errorf(errorMsg)
+// handleError does the following:
+// a) it writes the specified error code, and msg to the ResponseWriter
+// object, it does not print the given innerErr into the ResponseWriter object.
+// b) additionally, it prints the given msg, and innerErr to the log with other
+// request scoped data that helps identify the given request.
+func handleError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, code int, innerErr error, msg string) {
+	http.Error(w, msg, code)
+	klog.ErrorSDepth(1, innerErr, msg, "method", r.Method, "URI", r.RequestURI, "auditID", audit.GetAuditIDTruncated(r.Context()))
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/webhook_duration.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/webhook_duration.go
index 8ac47422a4e..e1c89da78dd 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/webhook_duration.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters/webhook_duration.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package filters
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func WithLatencyTrackers(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		ctx := req.Context()
 		requestInfo, ok := request.RequestInfoFrom(ctx)
 		if !ok {
-			handleError(w, req, http.StatusInternalServerError, fmt.Errorf("no RequestInfo found in context, handler chain must be wrong"))
+			handleError(w, req, http.StatusInternalServerError, nil, "no RequestInfo found in context, handler chain must be wrong")
 			return
 		}