diff --git a/cli/src/cli.rs b/cli/src/cli.rs
index 2842aa080a..e5f3e1df52 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -1765,6 +1765,12 @@ where
             {
                 if let Some(specific_error) = E::decode_custom_error_to_enum(code) {
                     error!("{}::{:?}", E::type_of(), specific_error);
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "Program Error ({}::{:?}): {}",
+                        E::type_of(),
+                        specific_error,
+                        specific_error
+                    );
                     return Err(specific_error.into());
                 }
             }
diff --git a/sdk/src/system_instruction.rs b/sdk/src/system_instruction.rs
index e69f4a0005..aa5daae3fd 100644
--- a/sdk/src/system_instruction.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/system_instruction.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ use crate::{
 use num_derive::{FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
+#[derive(Error, Debug, Serialize, Clone, PartialEq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
 pub enum SystemError {
+    #[error("an account with the same addreess already exists")]
     AccountAlreadyInUse,
+    #[error("account does not have enought lamports to perform the operation")]
     ResultWithNegativeLamports,
+    #[error("cannot assign account to this program id")]
     InvalidProgramId,
+    #[error("cannot allocate account data of this length")]
     InvalidAccountDataLength,
-    InvalidSeed,
+    #[error("length of requsted seed is too long")]
     MaxSeedLengthExceeded,
+    #[error("provided address does not match addressed derived from seed")]
     AddressWithSeedMismatch,
 }
 
@@ -27,13 +32,6 @@ impl<T> DecodeError<T> for SystemError {
     }
 }
 
-impl std::fmt::Display for SystemError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "error")
-    }
-}
-impl std::error::Error for SystemError {}
-
 #[derive(Error, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, FromPrimitive, ToPrimitive)]
 pub enum NonceError {
     #[error("recent blockhash list is empty")]
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction.rs b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
index 6cae3704a4..27a100f66f 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, TransactionError>;
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for TransactionError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "transaction error")
+        write!(f, "TransactionError::{:?}", self)
     }
 }