diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
index 1628b05a725..397979f1984 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go
@@ -1541,11 +1541,11 @@ func (p *TemplatePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 		// It is way easier to debug this stuff when it shows up in
 		// stdout instead of just stdin. So in addition to returning
 		// a nice error, also print useful stuff with the writer.
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error executing template: %v\n", err)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "template was:\n\t%v\n", p.rawTemplate)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "raw data was:\n\t%v\n", string(data))
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "object given to template engine was:\n\t%+v\n", out)
-		return fmt.Errorf("error executing template '%v': '%v'\n----data----\n%+v\n", p.rawTemplate, err, out)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error executing template: %v. Printing more information for debugging the template:\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\ttemplate was:\n\t\t%v\n", p.rawTemplate)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\traw data was:\n\t\t%v\n", string(data))
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tobject given to template engine was:\n\t\t%+v\n\n", out)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error executing template %q: %v", p.rawTemplate, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -1692,10 +1692,10 @@ func (j *JSONPathPrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := j.JSONPath.Execute(w, queryObj); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error executing template: %v\n", err)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "template was:\n\t%v\n", j.rawTemplate)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "object given to jsonpath engine was:\n\t%#v\n", queryObj)
-		return fmt.Errorf("error executing jsonpath '%v': '%v'\n----data----\n%+v\n", j.rawTemplate, err, obj)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error executing template: %v. Printing more information for debugging the template:\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\ttemplate was:\n\t\t%v\n", j.rawTemplate)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "\tobject given to jsonpath engine was:\n\t\t%#v\n\n", queryObj)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error executing jsonpath %q: %v\n", j.rawTemplate, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }