diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/command.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/command.go
index 467ab75455..87670876f8 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/command.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/command.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/report"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/test/filter"
 	engineapi "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/api"
+	"github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
@@ -163,21 +164,25 @@ func checkResult(test v1alpha1.TestResult, fs billy.Filesystem, resoucePath stri
 		patchedResource = test.PatchedResources
 	}
 	if patchedResource != "" {
-		equals, err := getAndCompareResource([]*unstructured.Unstructured{&response.PatchedResource}, fs, filepath.Join(resoucePath, patchedResource))
+		equals, diff, err := getAndCompareResource([]*unstructured.Unstructured{&response.PatchedResource}, fs, filepath.Join(resoucePath, patchedResource))
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err.Error(), "Resource error"
 		}
 		if !equals {
-			return false, "Patched resource didn't match the patched resource in the test result", "Resource diff"
+			dmp := diffmatchpatch.New()
+			legend := dmp.DiffPrettyText(dmp.DiffMain("only in expected", "only in actual", false))
+			return false, fmt.Sprintf("Patched resource didn't match the patched resource in the test result\n(%s)\n\n%s", legend, diff), "Resource diff"
 		}
 	}
 	if test.GeneratedResource != "" {
-		equals, err := getAndCompareResource(rule.GeneratedResources(), fs, filepath.Join(resoucePath, test.GeneratedResource))
+		equals, diff, err := getAndCompareResource(rule.GeneratedResources(), fs, filepath.Join(resoucePath, test.GeneratedResource))
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err.Error(), "Resource error"
 		}
 		if !equals {
-			return false, "Generated resource didn't match the generated resource in the test result", "Resource diff"
+			dmp := diffmatchpatch.New()
+			legend := dmp.DiffPrettyText(dmp.DiffMain("only in expected", "only in actual", false))
+			return false, fmt.Sprintf("Generated resource didn't match the generated resource in the test result\n(%s)\n\n%s", legend, diff), "Resource diff"
 		}
 	}
 	result := report.ComputePolicyReportResult(false, response, rule)
diff --git a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/compare.go b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/compare.go
index 9452ab9c6c..5feaa28aac 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/compare.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/commands/test/compare.go
@@ -4,14 +4,17 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/log"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/cmd/cli/kubectl-kyverno/resource"
+	"github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
-func getAndCompareResource(actualResources []*unstructured.Unstructured, fs billy.Filesystem, path string) (bool, error) {
+func getAndCompareResource(actualResources []*unstructured.Unstructured, fs billy.Filesystem, path string) (bool, string, error) {
 	expectedResources, err := resource.GetResourceFromPath(fs, path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("error: failed to load resource (%s)", err)
+		return false, "", fmt.Errorf("error: failed to load resource (%s)", err)
 	}
 
 	expectedResourcesMap := map[string]unstructured.Unstructured{}
@@ -32,11 +35,17 @@ func getAndCompareResource(actualResources []*unstructured.Unstructured, fs bill
 		resource.FixupGenerateLabels(r)
 		equals, err := resource.Compare(r, expectedResourcesMap[r.GetNamespace()+"/"+r.GetName()], true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("error: failed to compare resources (%s)", err)
+			return false, "", fmt.Errorf("error: failed to compare resources (%s)", err)
 		}
 		if !equals {
-			return false, nil
+			log.Log.V(4).Info("Resource diff", "expected", expectedResourcesMap[r.GetNamespace()+"/"+r.GetName()], "actual", r)
+			es, _ := yaml.Marshal(expectedResourcesMap[r.GetNamespace()+"/"+r.GetName()])
+			as, _ := yaml.Marshal(r)
+			dmp := diffmatchpatch.New()
+			diffs := dmp.DiffMain(string(es), string(as), false)
+			log.Log.V(4).Info("\n" + dmp.DiffPrettyText(diffs) + "\n")
+			return false, dmp.DiffPrettyText(diffs), nil
 		}
 	}
-	return true, nil
+	return true, "", nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 773c9638cd..a40e604210 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sassoftware/relic v7.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/segmentio/ksuid v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 // indirect
+	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3
 	github.com/shibumi/go-pathspec v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sigstore/fulcio v1.6.3 // indirect