diff --git a/backend/b2/b2.go b/backend/b2/b2.go
index 50413cc03..c65ba9731 100644
--- a/backend/b2/b2.go
+++ b/backend/b2/b2.go
@@ -1763,14 +1763,14 @@ func (file *openFile) Close() (err error) {
 
 	// Check to see we read the correct number of bytes
 	if file.o.Size() != file.bytes {
-		return fmt.Errorf("object corrupted on transfer - length mismatch (want %d got %d)", file.o.Size(), file.bytes)
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: lengths differ want %d vs got %d", file.o.Size(), file.bytes)
 	}
 
 	// Check the SHA1
 	receivedSHA1 := file.o.sha1
 	calculatedSHA1 := fmt.Sprintf("%x", file.hash.Sum(nil))
 	if receivedSHA1 != "" && receivedSHA1 != calculatedSHA1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("object corrupted on transfer - SHA1 mismatch (want %q got %q)", receivedSHA1, calculatedSHA1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: SHA1 hashes differ want %q vs got %q", receivedSHA1, calculatedSHA1)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/backend/compress/compress.go b/backend/compress/compress.go
index 5fb52c013..c11906a52 100644
--- a/backend/compress/compress.go
+++ b/backend/compress/compress.go
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func (f *Fs) verifyObjectHash(ctx context.Context, o fs.Object, hasher *hash.Mul
 		if err != nil {
 			fs.Errorf(o, "Failed to remove corrupted object: %v", err)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v compressed hashes differ %q vs %q", ht, srcHash, dstHash)
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v compressed hashes differ src(%s) %q vs dst(%s) %q", ht, f.Fs, srcHash, o.Fs(), dstHash)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/backend/crypt/crypt.go b/backend/crypt/crypt.go
index 23b684ab8..c7511ff7a 100644
--- a/backend/crypt/crypt.go
+++ b/backend/crypt/crypt.go
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (f *Fs) put(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, src fs.ObjectInfo, options [
 				if err != nil {
 					fs.Errorf(o, "Failed to remove corrupted object: %v", err)
 				}
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v encrypted hash differ src %q vs dst %q", ht, srcHash, dstHash)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v encrypted hashes differ src(%s) %q vs dst(%s) %q", ht, f.Fs, srcHash, o.Fs(), dstHash)
 			}
 			fs.Debugf(src, "%v = %s OK", ht, srcHash)
 		}
diff --git a/fs/operations/copy.go b/fs/operations/copy.go
index 4425c4974..e04b8a9e4 100644
--- a/fs/operations/copy.go
+++ b/fs/operations/copy.go
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ func (c *copy) manualCopy(ctx context.Context) (actionTaken string, newDst fs.Ob
 func (c *copy) verify(ctx context.Context, newDst fs.Object) (err error) {
 	// Verify sizes are the same after transfer
 	if sizeDiffers(ctx, c.src, newDst) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: sizes differ %d vs %d", c.src.Size(), newDst.Size())
+		return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: sizes differ src(%s) %d vs dst(%s) %d", c.src.Fs(), c.src.Size(), c.dst.Fs(), c.dst.Size())
 	}
 	// Verify hashes are the same after transfer - ignoring blank hashes
 	if c.hashType != hash.None {
 		// checkHashes has logs and counts errors
 		equal, _, srcSum, dstSum, _ := checkHashes(ctx, c.src, newDst, c.hashType)
 		if !equal {
-			return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v hash differ %q vs %q", c.hashType, srcSum, dstSum)
+			return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v hashes differ src(%s) %q vs dst(%s) %q", c.hashType, c.src.Fs(), srcSum, c.dst.Fs(), dstSum)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/vfs/read.go b/vfs/read.go
index f890143c8..94427c1da 100644
--- a/vfs/read.go
+++ b/vfs/read.go
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func (fh *ReadFileHandle) checkHash() error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if !hash.Equals(dstSum, srcSum) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v hash differ %q vs %q", hashType, dstSum, srcSum)
+			return fmt.Errorf("corrupted on transfer: %v hashes differ src %q vs dst %q", hashType, srcSum, dstSum)
 		}
 	}