diff --git a/pkg/unshare/unshare_freebsd.go b/pkg/unshare/unshare_freebsd.go
index f52760abb..7a44ca301 100644
--- a/pkg/unshare/unshare_freebsd.go
+++ b/pkg/unshare/unshare_freebsd.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Cmd) Start() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		pidRead.Close()
 		pidWrite.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("creating pid pipe: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating continue read/write pipe: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.Env = append(c.Env, fmt.Sprintf("_Containers-continue-pipe=%d", len(c.ExtraFiles)+3))
 	c.ExtraFiles = append(c.ExtraFiles, continueRead)
diff --git a/pkg/unshare/unshare_linux.go b/pkg/unshare/unshare_linux.go
index 81cd67762..e169633d0 100644
--- a/pkg/unshare/unshare_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/unshare/unshare_linux.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *Cmd) Start() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		pidRead.Close()
 		pidWrite.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("creating pid pipe: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating continue read/write pipe: %w", err)
 	}
 	c.Env = append(c.Env, fmt.Sprintf("_Containers-continue-pipe=%d", len(c.ExtraFiles)+3))
 	c.ExtraFiles = append(c.ExtraFiles, continueRead)