diff --git a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/c/struct_info.rs b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/c/struct_info.rs
index 3abbe73f..9f5b1c98 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/c/struct_info.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/c/struct_info.rs
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ fn get_field_table<'lua>(
     userdata: &LuaAnyUserData<'lua>,
 ) -> LuaResult<LuaTable<'lua>> {
     let value = association::get(lua, CSTRUCT_INNER, userdata)?
-        .ok_or_else(|| LuaError::external("Failed to get inner field table. not found"))?;
+        .ok_or_else(|| LuaError::external("Failed to retrieve inner field table: not found"))?;
     if let LuaValue::Table(table) = value {
         Ok(table)
     } else {
         Err(LuaError::external(
-            "Failed to get inner field table. not a table",
+            "Failed to retrieve inner field: not a table",
         ))
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/box_data/mod.rs b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/box_data/mod.rs
index 4e75b10d..9585a57d 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/box_data/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/box_data/mod.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl BoxData {
         if let Some(t) = offset {
             if !bounds.check_boundary(t) {
                 return Err(LuaError::external(format!(
-                    "Offset is out of bounds. box.size: {}. offset got {}",
+                    "Offset out of bounds (box.size: {}, got {})",
                     target.size(),
                     t
                 )));
diff --git a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/ref_data/mod.rs b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/ref_data/mod.rs
index 26de8269..d54ab4ba 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/ref_data/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/data/ref_data/mod.rs
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ impl RefData {
 
     pub unsafe fn deref(&self) -> LuaResult<Self> {
         if !u8_test(self.flags, RefFlag::Dereferenceable.value()) {
-            return Err(LuaError::external("This pointer is not dereferenceable."));
+            return Err(LuaError::external("Reference is not dereferenceable"));
         }
 
         if !self.boundary.check_sized(0, size_of::<usize>()) {
             return Err(LuaError::external(
-                "Offset is out of bounds. Dereferencing pointer requires size of usize",
+                "Offset out of bounds",
             ));
         }
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl RefData {
     pub unsafe fn offset(&self, offset: isize) -> LuaResult<Self> {
         u8_test(self.flags, RefFlag::Offsetable.value())
             .then_some(())
-            .ok_or_else(|| LuaError::external("This pointer is not offsetable."))?;
+            .ok_or_else(|| LuaError::external("Reference is not offsetable"))?;
 
         // Check boundary, if exceed, return error
         self.boundary
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl RefData {
             .then_some(())
             .ok_or_else(|| {
                 LuaError::external(format!(
-                    "Offset is out of bounds. high: {}, low: {}. offset got {}",
+                    "Offset out of bounds (high: {}, low: {}, got {})",
                     self.boundary.above, self.boundary.below, offset
                 ))
             })?;
diff --git a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/libffi_helper.rs b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/libffi_helper.rs
index 04d764db..c91d2d5f 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/libffi_helper.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/libffi_helper.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ pub fn get_ensured_size(ffi_type: *mut raw::ffi_type) -> LuaResult<usize> {
         )
     };
 
-    if result != raw::ffi_status_FFI_OK {
-        return Err(LuaError::external(format!(
-            "ffi_prep_cif failed. expected result {}, got {}",
-            FFI_STATUS_NAMES[0], FFI_STATUS_NAMES[result as usize]
-        )));
-    }
+    ffi_status_assert(result)?;
     unsafe { Ok((*ffi_type).size) }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/mod.rs b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/mod.rs
index c4fa7d08..7e65f5e2 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std-ffi/src/ffi/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub trait FfiConvert {
         _offset: isize,
         _data_handle: &Ref<dyn FfiData>,
     ) -> LuaResult<String> {
-        Err(LuaError::external("stringify not implemented"))
+        Err(LuaError::external("Stringify method not implemented"))
     }
 }