diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
index ccb4c8b4652..5a5c9f44d52 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/drain/drain.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (d *Helper) evictPods(pods []corev1.Pod, evictionGroupVersion schema.GroupV
 				} else if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) && apierrors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
 					// an eviction request in a deleting namespace will throw a forbidden error,
 					// if the pod is not marked deleted, we retry until it is.
-					fmt.Fprintf(d.ErrOut, "error when evicting pod %q (will retry after 5s): %v\n", activePod.Name, err)
+					fmt.Fprintf(d.ErrOut, "error when evicting pod %q from terminating namespace %q (will retry after 5s): %v\n", activePod.Name, activePod.Namespace, err)
 					time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 				} else {
 					returnCh <- fmt.Errorf("error when evicting pods/%q -n %q: %v", activePod.Name, activePod.Namespace, err)
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (d *Helper) evictPods(pods []corev1.Pod, evictionGroupVersion schema.GroupV
 			if err == nil {
 				returnCh <- nil
 			} else {
-				returnCh <- fmt.Errorf("error when waiting for pod %q terminating: %v", pod.Name, err)
+				returnCh <- fmt.Errorf("error when waiting for pod %q in namespace %q to terminate: %v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
 			}
 		}(pod, returnCh)
 	}