diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_data_sync.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_data_sync.cc
index 6d3f01d40ebe88..6ce3a5a49af8f5 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_data_sync.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_data_sync.cc
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ class RGWBucketSyncSingleEntryCR : public RGWCoroutine {
         sync_status = retcode;
       }
       if (!error_ss.str().empty()) {
-        yield call(sync_env->error_logger->log_error_cr(sync_env->conn->get_remote_id(), "data", error_ss.str(), -retcode, "failed to sync object"));
+        yield call(sync_env->error_logger->log_error_cr(sync_env->conn->get_remote_id(), "data", error_ss.str(), -retcode, string("failed to sync object") + cpp_strerror(-sync_status)));
       }
 done:
       if (sync_status == 0) {