diff --git a/pkg/engine/mutate/overlayCondition.go b/pkg/engine/mutate/overlayCondition.go
index 56b19de4e9..97d0210e80 100755
--- a/pkg/engine/mutate/overlayCondition.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/mutate/overlayCondition.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func validateConditionAnchorMap(resourceMap, anchors map[string]interface{}, pat
 // resource - A: B2
 func compareOverlay(resource, overlay interface{}, path string) (string, overlayError) {
 	if reflect.TypeOf(resource) != reflect.TypeOf(overlay) {
-		log.Log.V(4).Info("Found anchor on different types of element: overlay %T, resource %T", overlay, resource)
+		log.Log.V(4).Info("Found anchor on different types of element",  "overlay", overlay, "resource", resource)
 		return path, newOverlayError(conditionFailure, fmt.Sprintf("Found anchor on different types of element: overlay %T, resource %T", overlay, resource))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/kyverno/apply/command.go b/pkg/kyverno/apply/command.go
index 5aa92e33f2..8cf38db99c 100644
--- a/pkg/kyverno/apply/command.go
+++ b/pkg/kyverno/apply/command.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func Command() *cobra.Command {
 
 			resources, err := getResources(policies, resourcePaths, dClient)
 			if err != nil {
-				return sanitizedError.New(fmt.Errorf("Issues fetching resources").Error())
+				return sanitizedError.NewWithError("Failed to load resources", err)
 			}
 
 			for i, policy := range policies {
diff --git a/pkg/kyverno/sanitizedError/error.go b/pkg/kyverno/sanitizedError/error.go
index 3c8ef003f7..9d0dbab0af 100644
--- a/pkg/kyverno/sanitizedError/error.go
+++ b/pkg/kyverno/sanitizedError/error.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package sanitizedError
 
+import "fmt"
+
 type customError struct {
 	message string
 }
@@ -12,6 +14,11 @@ func New(message string) error {
 	return customError{message: message}
 }
 
+func NewWithError(message string, err error) error {
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s \nCause: %s", message, err.Error())
+	return customError{message: msg}
+}
+
 func IsErrorSanitized(err error) bool {
 	if _, ok := err.(customError); !ok {
 		return false