diff --git a/src/confdb/confdb.c b/src/confdb/confdb.c
index a7344e1668f..8c6aed9feef 100644
--- a/src/confdb/confdb.c
+++ b/src/confdb/confdb.c
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ int confdb_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
     sss_restore_sssd_user_eid();
     umask(old_umask);
     if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-        DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE, "Unable to open config database [%s]\n",
-                  confdb_location);
+        DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE, "Unable to open config database [%s] - %d\n",
+                  confdb_location, ret);
         talloc_free(cdb);
         return EIO;
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/sss_cache.c b/src/tools/sss_cache.c
index 79de13ac872..91373eda673 100644
--- a/src/tools/sss_cache.c
+++ b/src/tools/sss_cache.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static errno_t init_context(int argc, const char *argv[],
                   "--domain/-d parameter.\n", values.domain);
             ret = ERR_DOMAIN_NOT_FOUND;
         } else {
-            ERROR("Could not open available domains\n");
+            ERROR("Could not open available domains: %d\n", ret);
         }
         DEBUG(SSSDBG_OP_FAILURE,
               "Initialization of sysdb connections failed\n");