diff --git a/src/util/sss_ini.c b/src/util/sss_ini.c
index 4ef5feaa002..f5345fdf84f 100644
--- a/src/util/sss_ini.c
+++ b/src/util/sss_ini.c
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ static int sss_ini_add_snippets(struct sss_ini *self,
                              &self->ra_success_list);
     if (ret != EOK) {
         DEBUG(SSSDBG_CRIT_FAILURE,
-              "Failed to augment configuration: Error %d",
-              ret);
+              "Failed to augment configuration: %d [%s]",
+              ret, sss_strerror(ret));
     }
 
     while (ref_array_get(self->ra_error_list, i, &msg) != NULL) {
@@ -761,14 +761,14 @@ int sss_ini_open(struct sss_ini *self,
                                            strlen(fallback_cfg));
         if (ret != EOK) {
             DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE,
-                  "sss_ini_config_file_from_mem failed. Error %d\n",
-                  ret);
+                  "sss_ini_config_file_from_mem() failed: %d [%s]\n",
+                  ret, sss_strerror(ret));
         }
         break;
     default:
         DEBUG(SSSDBG_CONF_SETTINGS,
-              "sss_ini_config_file_open failed: Error %d\n",
-              ret);
+              "sss_ini_config_file_open() failed: %d [%s]\n",
+              ret, sss_strerror(ret));
         sss_ini_config_print_errors(self->error_list);
         break;
     }
@@ -860,9 +860,8 @@ int sss_ini_read_sssd_conf(struct sss_ini *self,
     ret = sss_ini_open(self, config_file, "[sssd]\n");
     if (ret != EOK) {
         DEBUG(SSSDBG_CRIT_FAILURE,
-              "sss_ini_open on %s failed: %d\n",
-              config_file,
-              ret);
+              "sss_ini_open() on %s failed: %d [%s]\n",
+              config_file, ret, sss_strerror(ret));
         return ERR_INI_OPEN_FAILED;
     }
 
@@ -882,8 +881,8 @@ int sss_ini_read_sssd_conf(struct sss_ini *self,
     ret = sss_ini_add_snippets(self, config_dir);
     if (ret != EOK) {
         DEBUG(SSSDBG_FATAL_FAILURE,
-              "Error while reading configuration directory %s: %d\n",
-              config_dir, ret);
+              "Error while reading configuration directory %s: %d [%s]\n",
+              config_dir, ret, sss_strerror(ret));
         return ERR_INI_ADD_SNIPPETS_FAILED;
     }