diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
index 7631686b9f..c9ff4becb6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/src/loader.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use crate::{Gltf, GltfNode};
 pub enum GltfError {
     #[error("unsupported primitive mode")]
     UnsupportedPrimitive { mode: Mode },
-    #[error("invalid GLTF file")]
+    #[error("invalid GLTF file: {0}")]
     Gltf(#[from] gltf::Error),
     #[error("binary blob is missing")]
     MissingBlob,
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ pub enum GltfError {
     Base64Decode(#[from] base64::DecodeError),
     #[error("unsupported buffer format")]
     BufferFormatUnsupported,
-    #[error("invalid image mime type")]
+    #[error("invalid image mime type: {0}")]
     InvalidImageMimeType(String),
-    #[error("failed to load an image")]
+    #[error("{0}")]
     ImageError(#[from] TextureError),
-    #[error("failed to load an asset path")]
+    #[error("failed to load an asset path: {0}")]
     AssetIoError(#[from] AssetIoError),
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/pipeline/pipeline_compiler.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/pipeline/pipeline_compiler.rs
index b09d7ce8f2..d8cc2575c4 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/pipeline/pipeline_compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/pipeline/pipeline_compiler.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ impl PipelineCompiler {
                 &specialized_descriptor.shader_stages.vertex,
                 &pipeline_specialization.shader_specialization,
             )
-            .unwrap();
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic_shader_error(e));
         specialized_descriptor.shader_stages.vertex = specialized_vertex_shader.clone_weak();
         let mut specialized_fragment_shader = None;
         specialized_descriptor.shader_stages.fragment = specialized_descriptor
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl PipelineCompiler {
                         fragment,
                         &pipeline_specialization.shader_specialization,
                     )
-                    .unwrap();
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic_shader_error(e));
                 specialized_fragment_shader = Some(shader.clone_weak());
                 shader
             });
@@ -356,3 +356,12 @@ impl PipelineCompiler {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+fn panic_shader_error(error: ShaderError) -> ! {
+    let msg = error.to_string();
+    let msg = msg
+        .trim_end()
+        .trim_end_matches("Debug log:") // if this matches, then there wasn't a debug log anyways
+        .trim_end();
+    panic!("{}\n", msg);
+}
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/shader/shader.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/shader/shader.rs
index 9672dfdfac..2e1d5b5f36 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/shader/shader.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/shader/shader.rs
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ pub enum ShaderStage {
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ShaderError {
     /// Shader compilation error.
-    #[error("Shader compilation error: {0}")]
+    #[error("Shader compilation error:\n{0}")]
     Compilation(String),
 
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "ios", all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_os = "macos")))]
     /// shaderc error.
-    #[error("shaderc error")]
+    #[error("shaderc error: {}")]
     ShaderC(#[from] shaderc::Error),
 
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "ios", all(target_arch = "aarch64", target_os = "macos")))]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/texture.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/texture.rs
index ecaad4f7db..8e0494244b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/texture.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/texture.rs
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ pub enum TextureError {
     InvalidImageMimeType(String),
     #[error("invalid image extension")]
     InvalidImageExtension(String),
-    #[error("failed to load an image")]
+    #[error("failed to load an image: {0}")]
     ImageError(#[from] image::ImageError),
 }