diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinespec/pipelinespec.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinespec/pipelinespec.go
index fc916b28ec2..ec02d96ae49 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinespec/pipelinespec.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinespec/pipelinespec.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func GetPipelineData(ctx context.Context, pipelineRun *v1.PipelineRun, getPipeli
 		// Get related pipeline for pipelinerun
 		p, source, vr, err := getPipeline(ctx, pipelineRun.Spec.PipelineRef.Name)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error when listing pipelines for pipelineRun %s: %w", pipelineRun.Name, err)
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("error when getting Pipeline for PipelineRun %s: %w", pipelineRun.Name, err)
 		}
 		pipelineMeta = p.PipelineMetadata()
 		pipelineSpec = p.PipelineSpec()
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
index 075ab9b5afc..a6674f15483 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (l *LocalPipelineRefResolver) GetPipeline(ctx context.Context, name string)
 
 	pipeline, err := l.Tektonclient.TektonV1().Pipelines(l.Namespace).Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("tekton client cannot get pipeline %s from local cluster: %w", name, err)
 	}
 	return pipeline, nil, nil, nil
 }
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ func (l *LocalPipelineRefResolver) GetPipeline(ctx context.Context, name string)
 func resolvePipeline(ctx context.Context, resolver remote.Resolver, name string, namespace string, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekton clientset.Interface, verificationPolicies []*v1alpha1.VerificationPolicy) (*v1.Pipeline, *v1.RefSource, *trustedresources.VerificationResult, error) {
 	obj, refSource, err := resolver.Get(ctx, "pipeline", name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("resolver failed to get Pipeline %s: %w", name, err)
 	}
 	pipelineObj, vr, err := readRuntimeObjectAsPipeline(ctx, namespace, obj, k8s, tekton, refSource, verificationPolicies)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, nil, err
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read runtime object as Pipeline: %w", err)
 	}
 	return pipelineObj, refSource, vr, nil
 }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func readRuntimeObjectAsPipeline(ctx context.Context, namespace string, obj runt
 			},
 		}
 		if err := obj.ConvertTo(ctx, p); err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert obj %s into Pipeline", obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().String())
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert v1beta1 obj %s into v1 Pipeline", obj.GetObjectKind().GroupVersionKind().String())
 		}
 		return p, &vr, nil
 	case *v1.Pipeline:
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref_test.go
index cd71aecde58..564a5160996 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref_test.go
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ func TestGetPipelineFunc_GetFuncError(t *testing.T) {
 			name:        "get error when remote resolution return error",
 			requester:   requesterUnsigned,
 			pipelinerun: *prResolutionError,
-			expectedErr: fmt.Errorf("error accessing data from remote resource: %w", resolvedUnsigned.DataErr),
+			expectedErr: fmt.Errorf("resolver failed to get Pipeline %s: error accessing data from remote resource: %w", prResolutionError.Spec.PipelineRef.Name, resolvedUnsigned.DataErr),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testcases {