diff --git a/sources/api/apiclient/src/apply.rs b/sources/api/apiclient/src/apply.rs
index 10d539cd304..4e53ad4d91f 100644
--- a/sources/api/apiclient/src/apply.rs
+++ b/sources/api/apiclient/src/apply.rs
@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@ where
 
     // Send the settings changes to the server in the same transaction.  (They're quick local
     // requests, so don't add the complexity of making them run concurrently.)
-    for (_input_source, json) in changes {
+    for (input_source, json) in changes {
         let uri = format!("/settings?tx={}", transaction);
         let method = "PATCH";
         let (_status, _body) = crate::raw_request(&socket_path, &uri, method, Some(json))
             .await
-            .context(error::PatchSnafu)?;
+            .context(error::PatchSnafu {
+                input_source,
+                uri,
+                method,
+            })?;
     }
 
     // Commit the transaction and apply it to the system.
@@ -192,8 +196,17 @@ mod error {
         #[snafu(display("Settings from '{}' are not a TOML table / JSON object", input_source))]
         ModelType { input_source: String },
 
-        #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
+        #[snafu(display(
+            "Failed to {} settings from '{}' to '{}': {}",
+            method,
+            input_source,
+            uri,
+            source
+        ))]
         Patch {
+            input_source: String,
+            uri: String,
+            method: String,
             #[snafu(source(from(crate::Error, Box::new)))]
             source: Box<crate::Error>,
         },
diff --git a/sources/api/apiclient/src/lib.rs b/sources/api/apiclient/src/lib.rs
index 646c6a57a9a..8fcbf9697ca 100644
--- a/sources/api/apiclient/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sources/api/apiclient/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ mod error {
         #[snafu(display("Failed to send request: {}", source))]
         RequestSend { source: hyper::Error },
 
-        #[snafu(display("{}", body))]
-        CliResponseStatus { body: String },
-
         #[snafu(display("Status {} when {}ing {}: {}", code.as_str(), method, uri, body))]
         ResponseStatus {
             method: String,
@@ -89,7 +86,15 @@ where
     let (status, body) = raw_request_unchecked(&socket_path, &uri, &method, data).await?;
 
     // Error if the response status is in not in the 2xx range.
-    ensure!(status.is_success(), error::CliResponseStatusSnafu { body });
+    ensure!(
+        status.is_success(),
+        error::ResponseStatusSnafu {
+            method: method.as_ref(),
+            code: status,
+            uri: uri.as_ref(),
+            body,
+        }
+    );
 
     Ok((status, body))
 }
@@ -139,7 +144,6 @@ where
         .await
         .context(error::ResponseBodyReadSnafu)?;
     let body = String::from_utf8(body_bytes.to_vec()).context(error::NonUtf8ResponseSnafu)?;
-
     Ok((status, body))
 }
 
diff --git a/sources/api/apiclient/src/set.rs b/sources/api/apiclient/src/set.rs
index 0e6b6390602..ebd15fb6ef1 100644
--- a/sources/api/apiclient/src/set.rs
+++ b/sources/api/apiclient/src/set.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ where
     let method = "PATCH";
     let (_status, _body) = crate::raw_request(&socket_path, &uri, method, Some(settings_data))
         .await
-        .context(error::RequestSnafu)?;
+        .context(error::RequestSnafu { uri, method })?;
 
     // Commit the transaction and apply it to the system.
     let uri = format!("/tx/commit_and_apply?tx={}", transaction);
     let method = "POST";
     let (_status, _body) = crate::raw_request(&socket_path, &uri, method, None)
         .await
-        .context(error::RequestSnafu)?;
+        .context(error::RequestSnafu { uri, method })?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ mod error {
         #[snafu(display("Unable to serialize data: {}", source))]
         Serialize { source: serde_json::Error },
 
-        #[snafu(display("{}", source))]
+        #[snafu(display("Failed {} request to '{}': {}", method, uri, source))]
         Request {
+            method: String,
+            uri: String,
             #[snafu(source(from(crate::Error, Box::new)))]
             source: Box<crate::Error>,
         },