diff --git a/flang/runtime/transformational.cpp b/flang/runtime/transformational.cpp
index aac6e61ce9dd7..803c55bcf372b 100644
--- a/flang/runtime/transformational.cpp
+++ b/flang/runtime/transformational.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ShiftControl {
 public:
   ShiftControl(const Descriptor &s, Terminator &t, int dim)
       : shift_{s}, terminator_{t}, shiftRank_{s.rank()}, dim_{dim} {}
-  void Init(const Descriptor &source) {
+  void Init(const Descriptor &source, const char *which) {
     int rank{source.rank()};
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator_, shiftRank_ == 0 || shiftRank_ == rank - 1);
     auto catAndKind{shift_.type().GetCategoryAndKind()};
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ class ShiftControl {
         if (j + 1 != dim_) {
           const Dimension &shiftDim{shift_.GetDimension(k)};
           lb_[k++] = shiftDim.LowerBound();
-          RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator_,
-              shiftDim.Extent() == source.GetDimension(j).Extent());
+          if (shiftDim.Extent() != source.GetDimension(j).Extent()) {
+            terminator_.Crash("%s: on dimension %d, SHIFT= has extent %jd but "
+                              "SOURCE= has extent %jd",
+                which, k, static_cast<std::intmax_t>(shiftDim.Extent()),
+                static_cast<std::intmax_t>(source.GetDimension(j).Extent()));
+          }
         }
       }
     } else {
@@ -137,9 +141,12 @@ void RTNAME(Cshift)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   Terminator terminator{sourceFile, line};
   int rank{source.rank()};
   RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, rank > 1);
-  RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, dim >= 1 && dim <= rank);
+  if (dim < 1 || dim > rank) {
+    terminator.Crash(
+        "CSHIFT: DIM=%d must be >= 1 and <= SOURCE= rank %d", dim, rank);
+  }
   ShiftControl shiftControl{shift, terminator, dim};
-  shiftControl.Init(source);
+  shiftControl.Init(source, "CSHIFT");
   SubscriptValue extent[maxRank];
   source.GetShape(extent);
   AllocateResult(result, source, rank, extent, terminator, "CSHIFT");
@@ -200,29 +207,39 @@ void RTNAME(Eoshift)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   SubscriptValue extent[maxRank];
   int rank{source.GetShape(extent)};
   RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, rank > 1);
-  RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, dim >= 1 && dim <= rank);
+  if (dim < 1 || dim > rank) {
+    terminator.Crash(
+        "EOSHIFT: DIM=%d must be >= 1 and <= SOURCE= rank %d", dim, rank);
+  }
   std::size_t elementLen{
       AllocateResult(result, source, rank, extent, terminator, "EOSHIFT")};
   int boundaryRank{-1};
   if (boundary) {
     boundaryRank = boundary->rank();
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, boundaryRank == 0 || boundaryRank == rank - 1);
-    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator,
-        boundary->type() == source.type() &&
-            boundary->ElementBytes() == elementLen);
+    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, boundary->type() == source.type());
+    if (boundary->ElementBytes() != elementLen) {
+      terminator.Crash("EOSHIFT: BOUNDARY= has element byte length %zd, but "
+                       "SOURCE= has length %zd",
+          boundary->ElementBytes(), elementLen);
+    }
     if (boundaryRank > 0) {
       int k{0};
       for (int j{0}; j < rank; ++j) {
         if (j != dim - 1) {
-          RUNTIME_CHECK(
-              terminator, boundary->GetDimension(k).Extent() == extent[j]);
+          if (boundary->GetDimension(k).Extent() != extent[j]) {
+            terminator.Crash("EOSHIFT: BOUNDARY= has extent %jd on dimension "
+                             "%d but must conform with extent %jd of SOURCE=",
+                static_cast<std::intmax_t>(boundary->GetDimension(k).Extent()),
+                k + 1, static_cast<std::intmax_t>(extent[j]));
+          }
           ++k;
         }
       }
     }
   }
   ShiftControl shiftControl{shift, terminator, dim};
-  shiftControl.Init(source);
+  shiftControl.Init(source, "EOSHIFT");
   SubscriptValue resultAt[maxRank];
   for (int j{0}; j < rank; ++j) {
     resultAt[j] = 1;
@@ -273,9 +290,12 @@ void RTNAME(EoshiftVector)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
       AllocateResult(result, source, 1, &extent, terminator, "EOSHIFT")};
   if (boundary) {
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, boundary->rank() == 0);
-    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator,
-        boundary->type() == source.type() &&
-            boundary->ElementBytes() == elementLen);
+    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, boundary->type() == source.type());
+    if (boundary->ElementBytes() != elementLen) {
+      terminator.Crash("EOSHIFT: BOUNDARY= has element byte length %zd but "
+                       "SOURCE= has length %zd",
+          boundary->ElementBytes(), elementLen);
+    }
   }
   if (!boundary) {
     DefaultInitialize(result, terminator);
@@ -318,11 +338,19 @@ void RTNAME(Pack)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   SubscriptValue extent{trues};
   if (vector) {
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, vector->rank() == 1);
-    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator,
-        source.type() == vector->type() &&
-            source.ElementBytes() == vector->ElementBytes());
+    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, source.type() == vector->type());
+    if (source.ElementBytes() != vector->ElementBytes()) {
+      terminator.Crash("PACK: SOURCE= has element byte length %zd, but VECTOR= "
+                       "has length %zd",
+          source.ElementBytes(), vector->ElementBytes());
+    }
     extent = vector->GetDimension(0).Extent();
-    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, extent >= trues);
+    if (extent < trues) {
+      terminator.Crash("PACK: VECTOR= has extent %jd but there are %jd MASK= "
+                       "elements that are .TRUE.",
+          static_cast<std::intmax_t>(extent),
+          static_cast<std::intmax_t>(trues));
+    }
   }
   AllocateResult(result, source, 1, &extent, terminator, "PACK");
   SubscriptValue sourceAt[maxRank], resultAt{1};
@@ -366,20 +394,24 @@ void RTNAME(Reshape)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, shape.rank() == 1);
   RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, shape.type().IsInteger());
   SubscriptValue resultRank{shape.GetDimension(0).Extent()};
-  RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator,
-      resultRank >= 0 && resultRank <= static_cast<SubscriptValue>(maxRank));
+  if (resultRank < 0 || resultRank > static_cast<SubscriptValue>(maxRank)) {
+    terminator.Crash(
+        "RESHAPE: SHAPE= vector length %jd implies a bad result rank",
+        static_cast<std::intmax_t>(resultRank));
+  }
 
   // Extract and check the shape of the result; compute its element count.
   SubscriptValue resultExtent[maxRank];
   std::size_t shapeElementBytes{shape.ElementBytes()};
   std::size_t resultElements{1};
   SubscriptValue shapeSubscript{shape.GetDimension(0).LowerBound()};
-  for (SubscriptValue j{0}; j < resultRank; ++j, ++shapeSubscript) {
+  for (int j{0}; j < resultRank; ++j, ++shapeSubscript) {
     resultExtent[j] = GetInt64(
         shape.Element<char>(&shapeSubscript), shapeElementBytes, terminator);
-    if (resultExtent[j] < 0)
-      terminator.Crash(
-          "RESHAPE: bad value for SHAPE(%d)=%d", j + 1, resultExtent[j]);
+    if (resultExtent[j] < 0) {
+      terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: bad value for SHAPE(%d)=%jd", j + 1,
+          static_cast<std::intmax_t>(resultExtent[j]));
+    }
     resultElements *= resultExtent[j];
   }
 
@@ -389,10 +421,16 @@ void RTNAME(Reshape)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   std::size_t sourceElements{source.Elements()};
   std::size_t padElements{pad ? pad->Elements() : 0};
   if (resultElements > sourceElements) {
-    if (padElements <= 0)
-      terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: not eough elements, need %d but only have %d",
+    if (padElements <= 0) {
+      terminator.Crash(
+          "RESHAPE: not enough elements, need %zd but only have %zd",
           resultElements, sourceElements);
-    RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, pad->ElementBytes() == elementBytes);
+    }
+    if (pad->ElementBytes() != elementBytes) {
+      terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: PAD= has element byte length %zd but SOURCE= "
+                       "has length %zd",
+          pad->ElementBytes(), elementBytes);
+    }
   }
 
   // Extract and check the optional ORDER= argument, which must be a
@@ -401,18 +439,22 @@ void RTNAME(Reshape)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &source,
   if (order) {
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, order->rank() == 1);
     RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, order->type().IsInteger());
-    if (order->GetDimension(0).Extent() != resultRank)
-      terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: the extent of ORDER (%d) must match the rank"
+    if (order->GetDimension(0).Extent() != resultRank) {
+      terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: the extent of ORDER (%jd) must match the rank"
                        " of the SHAPE (%d)",
-          order->GetDimension(0).Extent(), resultRank);
+          static_cast<std::intmax_t>(order->GetDimension(0).Extent()),
+          resultRank);
+    }
     std::uint64_t values{0};
     SubscriptValue orderSubscript{order->GetDimension(0).LowerBound()};
     std::size_t orderElementBytes{order->ElementBytes()};
     for (SubscriptValue j{0}; j < resultRank; ++j, ++orderSubscript) {
       auto k{GetInt64(order->Element<char>(&orderSubscript), orderElementBytes,
           terminator)};
-      if (k < 1 || k > resultRank || ((values >> k) & 1))
-        terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: bad value for ORDER element (%d)", k);
+      if (k < 1 || k > resultRank || ((values >> k) & 1)) {
+        terminator.Crash("RESHAPE: bad value for ORDER element (%jd)",
+            static_cast<std::intmax_t>(k));
+      }
       values |= std::uint64_t{1} << k;
       dimOrder[j] = k - 1;
     }
@@ -516,8 +558,12 @@ void RTNAME(Unpack)(Descriptor &result, const Descriptor &vector,
   CheckConformability(mask, field, terminator, "UNPACK", "MASK=", "FIELD=");
   std::size_t elementLen{
       AllocateResult(result, field, rank, extent, terminator, "UNPACK")};
-  RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator,
-      vector.type() == field.type() && vector.ElementBytes() == elementLen);
+  RUNTIME_CHECK(terminator, vector.type() == field.type());
+  if (vector.ElementBytes() != elementLen) {
+    terminator.Crash(
+        "UNPACK: VECTOR= has element byte length %zd but FIELD= has length %zd",
+        vector.ElementBytes(), elementLen);
+  }
   SubscriptValue resultAt[maxRank], maskAt[maxRank], fieldAt[maxRank],
       vectorAt{vector.GetDimension(0).LowerBound()};
   for (int j{0}; j < rank; ++j) {