diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment.go
index eba774e8f62..f0efd74e80e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment.go
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func takeByTopologyNUMAPacked(topo *topology.CPUTopology, availableCPUs cpuset.C
 		return acc.result, nil
 	}
 	if acc.isFailed() {
-		return cpuset.New(), fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request")
+		return cpuset.New(), fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=%d, available=%d", numCPUs, availableCPUs.Size())
 	}
 
 	// Algorithm: topology-aware best-fit
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ func takeByTopologyNUMADistributed(topo *topology.CPUTopology, availableCPUs cpu
 		return acc.result, nil
 	}
 	if acc.isFailed() {
-		return cpuset.New(), fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request")
+		return cpuset.New(), fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=%d, available=%d", numCPUs, availableCPUs.Size())
 	}
 
 	// Get the list of NUMA nodes represented by the set of CPUs in 'availableCPUs'.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment_test.go
index 2199114d656..63b026b1979 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_assignment_test.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func commonTakeByTopologyTestCases(t *testing.T) []takeByTopologyTestCase {
 			topoSingleSocketHT,
 			cpuset.New(0, 2, 4, 6),
 			5,
-			"not enough cpus available to satisfy request",
+			"not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=5, available=4",
 			cpuset.New(),
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static_test.go
index 0dcf78d49dc..b0f14ae04e7 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/policy_static_test.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func TestStaticPolicyAdd(t *testing.T) {
 			stAssignments:   state.ContainerCPUAssignments{},
 			stDefaultCPUSet: cpuset.New(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7),
 			pod:             makePod("fakePod", "fakeContainer2", "8000m", "8000m"),
-			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request"),
+			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=8, available=7"),
 			expCPUAlloc:     false,
 			expCSet:         cpuset.New(),
 		},
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestStaticPolicyAdd(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			stDefaultCPUSet: cpuset.New(0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11),
 			pod:             makePod("fakePod", "fakeContainer5", "10000m", "10000m"),
-			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request"),
+			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=10, available=8"),
 			expCPUAlloc:     false,
 			expCSet:         cpuset.New(),
 		},
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func TestStaticPolicyAdd(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			stDefaultCPUSet: cpuset.New(0, 7),
 			pod:             makePod("fakePod", "fakeContainer5", "2000m", "2000m"),
-			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request"),
+			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=2, available=1"),
 			expCPUAlloc:     false,
 			expCSet:         cpuset.New(),
 		},
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func TestStaticPolicyAdd(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			stDefaultCPUSet: cpuset.New(10, 11, 53, 37, 55, 67, 52),
 			pod:             makePod("fakePod", "fakeContainer5", "76000m", "76000m"),
-			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request"),
+			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=76, available=7"),
 			expCPUAlloc:     false,
 			expCSet:         cpuset.New(),
 		},
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ func TestStaticPolicyAddWithResvList(t *testing.T) {
 			stAssignments:   state.ContainerCPUAssignments{},
 			stDefaultCPUSet: cpuset.New(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7),
 			pod:             makePod("fakePod", "fakeContainer2", "8000m", "8000m"),
-			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request"),
+			expErr:          fmt.Errorf("not enough cpus available to satisfy request: requested=8, available=7"),
 			expCPUAlloc:     false,
 			expCSet:         cpuset.New(),
 		},