diff --git a/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go b/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
index af94b41c..83ff7f3f 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
@@ -163,8 +163,11 @@ type OCIRepositoryStatus struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	// OCIOperationFailedReason signals that an OCI operation (e.g. pull) failed.
-	OCIOperationFailedReason string = "OCIOperationFailed"
+	// OCIPullFailedReason signals that a pull operation failed.
+	OCIPullFailedReason string = "OCIArtifactPullFailed"
+
+	// OCILayerOperationFailedReason signals that an OCI layer operation failed.
+	OCILayerOperationFailedReason string = "OCIArtifactLayerOperationFailed"
 )
 
 // GetConditions returns the status conditions of the object.
diff --git a/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go b/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
index df717f29..e47c743c 100644
--- a/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ocirepository_controller.go
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 	if err != nil {
 		e := serror.NewGeneric(
 			fmt.Errorf("failed to generate transport for '%s': %w", obj.Spec.URL, err),
-			sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+			sourcev1.AuthenticationFailedReason,
 		)
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 
 		e := serror.NewGeneric(
 			fmt.Errorf("failed to determine the artifact tag for '%s': %w", obj.Spec.URL, err),
-			sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason)
+			sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason)
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
 	}
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 	if err != nil {
 		e := serror.NewGeneric(
 			fmt.Errorf("failed to pull artifact from '%s': %w", obj.Spec.URL, err),
-			sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+			sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason,
 		)
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 	if err != nil {
 		e := serror.NewGeneric(
 			fmt.Errorf("failed to determine artifact digest: %w", err),
-			sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+			sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 		)
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 	if err != nil {
 		e := serror.NewGeneric(
 			fmt.Errorf("failed to parse artifact manifest: %w", err),
-			sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+			sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 		)
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 		if err != nil {
 			e := serror.NewGeneric(
 				fmt.Errorf("failed to parse artifact layers: %w", err),
-				sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+				sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 			)
 			conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 		if len(layers) < 1 {
 			e := serror.NewGeneric(
 				fmt.Errorf("no layers found in artifact"),
-				sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+				sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 			)
 			conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 		if err != nil {
 			e := serror.NewGeneric(
 				fmt.Errorf("failed to extract the first layer from artifact: %w", err),
-				sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+				sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 			)
 			conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, obj *sour
 		if _, err = untar.Untar(blob, dir); err != nil {
 			e := serror.NewGeneric(
 				fmt.Errorf("failed to untar the first layer from artifact: %w", err),
-				sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason,
+				sourcev1.OCILayerOperationFailedReason,
 			)
 			conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, e.Err.Error())
 			return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
diff --git a/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index 9e54e326..b72413b1 100644
--- a/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 				includeSecret: true,
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 				includeSA: true,
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			}),
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact from "),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_remoteReference(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    sreconcile.ResultEmpty,
 			wantErr: true,
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact"),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_remoteReference(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    sreconcile.ResultEmpty,
 			wantErr: true,
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to determine the artifact tag for 'oci://%s/podinfo': no match found for semver: <= 6.1.0", server.registryHost),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason, "failed to determine the artifact tag for 'oci://%s/podinfo': no match found for semver: <= 6.1.0", server.registryHost),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_remoteReference(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    sreconcile.ResultEmpty,
 			wantErr: true,
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
-				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact"),
+				*conditions.TrueCondition(sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIPullFailedReason, "failed to pull artifact"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Checksum: "yyy"}
-				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "fail")
+				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Checksum: "yyy"}
-				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.OCIOperationFailedReason, "fail")
+				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
diff --git a/docs/spec/v1beta2/ocirepositories.md b/docs/spec/v1beta2/ocirepositories.md
index 1b5e8bb0..ac119303 100644
--- a/docs/spec/v1beta2/ocirepositories.md
+++ b/docs/spec/v1beta2/ocirepositories.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ and adds a Condition with the following attributes to the OCIRepository's
 
 - `type: FetchFailed` | `type: IncludeUnavailable` | `type: StorageOperationFailed`
 - `status: "True"`
-- `reason: AuthenticationFailed` | `reason: OCIOperationFailed`
+- `reason: AuthenticationFailed` | `reason: OCIArtifactPullFailed` | `reason: OCIArtifactLayerOperationFailed`
 
 This condition has a ["negative polarity"][typical-status-properties],
 and is only present on the OCIRepository while the status value is `"True"`.