diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/selinux.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/selinux.rs
index eb14eb816..7d7fa98eb 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/selinux.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/selinux.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pub enum SeLinuxError {
     #[error("Failed to retrieve the security context")]
     ContextRetrievalFailure,
 
-    #[error("Failed to set the security context")]
-    ContextSetFailure,
+    #[error("failed to set default file creation context to {0}")]
+    ContextSetFailure(String),
 
     #[error("Invalid context string or conversion failure")]
     ContextConversionFailure,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl From<SeLinuxError> for i32 {
             SeLinuxError::SELinuxNotEnabled => 1,
             SeLinuxError::FileOpenFailure => 2,
             SeLinuxError::ContextRetrievalFailure => 3,
-            SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure => 4,
+            SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure(_) => 4,
             SeLinuxError::ContextConversionFailure => 5,
         }
     }
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ pub fn set_selinux_security_context(
             false,
         )
         .set_for_path(path, false, false)
-        .map_err(|_| SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure)
+        .map_err(|_| SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure(ctx_str.to_string()))
     } else {
         // If no context provided, set the default SELinux context for the path
-        SecurityContext::set_default_for_path(path).map_err(|_| SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure)
+        SecurityContext::set_default_for_path(path)
+            .map_err(|_| SeLinuxError::ContextSetFailure("".to_string()))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mkfifo.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mkfifo.rs
index c9c62b41f..721b559ae 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mkfifo.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mkfifo.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ fn test_mkfifo_selinux_invalid() {
             .arg(arg)
             .arg(dest)
             .fails()
-            .stderr_contains("Failed to");
+            .stderr_contains("failed to");
         if at.file_exists(dest) {
             at.remove(dest);
         }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_mknod.rs b/tests/by-util/test_mknod.rs
index 6d393c2f6..daefe6cda 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_mknod.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_mknod.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fn test_mknod_selinux_invalid() {
             .arg(dest)
             .arg("p")
             .fails()
-            .stderr_contains("Failed to");
+            .stderr_contains("failed to");
         if at.file_exists(dest) {
             at.remove(dest);
         }