diff --git a/controllers/s3utils.go b/controllers/s3utils.go
index 72c7d7f966..6baafe1232 100644
--- a/controllers/s3utils.go
+++ b/controllers/s3utils.go
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ func (s *s3ObjectStore) CreateBucket(bucket string) (err error) {
 
 	cbInput := &s3.CreateBucketInput{Bucket: &bucket}
 	if err = cbInput.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("create bucket input validation failed for %s, err %w",
-			bucket, err)
+		errMsgPrefix := fmt.Errorf("create bucket input validation failed for %s", bucket)
+		return processAwsError(errMsgPrefix, err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = s.client.CreateBucket(cbInput)
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ func (s *s3ObjectStore) CreateBucket(bucket string) (err error) {
 			case s3.ErrCodeBucketAlreadyExists:
 			case s3.ErrCodeBucketAlreadyOwnedByYou:
 			default:
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create bucket %s, %w",
-					bucket, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to create bucket %s, %s: %s",
+					bucket, aerr.Code(), aerr.Message())
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ func (s *s3ObjectStore) DeleteBucket(bucket string) (
 
 	dbInput := &s3.DeleteBucketInput{Bucket: &bucket}
 	if err = dbInput.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("delete bucket input validation failed for %s, err %w",
-			bucket, err)
+		errMsgPrefix := fmt.Errorf("delete bucket input validation failed for %s", bucket)
+		return processAwsError(errMsgPrefix, err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = s.client.DeleteBucket(dbInput)
 	if err != nil && !isAwsErrCodeNoSuchBucket(err) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete bucket %s, %w",
-			bucket, err)
+		errMsgPrefix := fmt.Errorf("failed to delete bucket %s", bucket)
+		return processAwsError(errMsgPrefix, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -301,9 +301,10 @@ func (s *s3ObjectStore) PurgeBucket(bucket string) (
 			return nil // Not an error
 		}
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to ListKeys "+
-			"from endpoint %s bucket %s, %w",
-			s.s3Endpoint, bucket, err)
+		errMsgPrefix := fmt.Errorf("unable to ListKeys "+
+			"from endpoint %s bucket %s",
+			s.s3Endpoint, bucket)
+		return processAwsError(errMsgPrefix, err)
 	}
 
 	for _, key := range keys {