diff --git a/src/wl_init.c b/src/wl_init.c
index 679baeb8..54b76743 100644
--- a/src/wl_init.c
+++ b/src/wl_init.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void setCursor(_GLFWwindow* window, const char* name)
     if (!cursor)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Standard cursor not found");
+                        "Wayland: Standard cursor shape unavailable");
         return;
     }
     // TODO: handle animated cursors too.
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
     if (!_glfw.wl.cursor.handle)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Failed to open libwayland-cursor");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to load libwayland-cursor");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
     if (!_glfw.wl.egl.handle)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Failed to open libwayland-egl");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to load libwayland-egl");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
     if (!_glfw.wl.xkb.handle)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Failed to open libxkbcommon");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to load libxkbcommon");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
         if (!_glfw.wl.cursorTheme)
         {
             _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                            "Wayland: Unable to load default cursor theme");
+                            "Wayland: Failed to load default cursor theme");
             return GLFW_FALSE;
         }
         // If this happens to be NULL, we just fallback to the scale=1 version.
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformInit(void)
         if (!_glfw.wl.clipboardString)
         {
             _glfwInputError(GLFW_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
-                            "Wayland: Unable to allocate clipboard memory");
+                            "Wayland: Failed to allocate clipboard memory");
             return GLFW_FALSE;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/wl_window.c b/src/wl_window.c
index ae24626b..5deeac4d 100644
--- a/src/wl_window.c
+++ b/src/wl_window.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static struct wl_buffer* createShmBuffer(const GLFWimage* image)
     if (fd < 0)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Creating a buffer file for %d B failed: %s",
+                        "Wayland: Failed to create buffer file of size %d: %s",
                         length, strerror(errno));
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static struct wl_buffer* createShmBuffer(const GLFWimage* image)
     if (data == MAP_FAILED)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: mmap failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+                        "Wayland: Failed to map file: %s", strerror(errno));
         close(fd);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static void setIdleInhibitor(_GLFWwindow* window, GLFWbool enable)
                 _glfw.wl.idleInhibitManager, window->wl.surface);
         if (!window->wl.idleInhibitor)
             _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                            "Wayland: Idle inhibitor creation failed");
+                            "Wayland: Failed to create idle inhibitor");
     }
     else if (!enable && window->wl.idleInhibitor)
     {
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static GLFWbool createXdgSurface(_GLFWwindow* window)
     if (!window->wl.xdg.surface)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: xdg-surface creation failed");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to create xdg-surface for window");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static GLFWbool createXdgSurface(_GLFWwindow* window)
     if (!window->wl.xdg.toplevel)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: xdg-toplevel creation failed");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to create xdg-toplevel for window");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformSetClipboardString(const char* string)
     if (!_glfw.wl.dataSource)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Impossible to create clipboard source");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to create clipboard data source");
         free(_glfw.wl.clipboardSendString);
         _glfw.wl.clipboardSendString = NULL;
         return;
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ static GLFWbool growClipboardString(void)
     if (!clipboard)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
-                        "Wayland: Impossible to grow clipboard string");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to grow clipboard string");
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
     _glfw.wl.clipboardString = clipboard;
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ const char* _glfwPlatformGetClipboardString(void)
     if (!_glfw.wl.dataOffer)
     {
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_FORMAT_UNAVAILABLE,
-                        "No clipboard data has been sent yet");
+                        "Wayland: No clipboard data available");
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ const char* _glfwPlatformGetClipboardString(void)
     {
         // TODO: also report errno maybe?
         _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                        "Wayland: Impossible to create clipboard pipe fds");
+                        "Wayland: Failed to create clipboard pipe fds");
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ const char* _glfwPlatformGetClipboardString(void)
         {
             // TODO: also report errno maybe.
             _glfwInputError(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
-                            "Wayland: Impossible to read from clipboard fd");
+                            "Wayland: Failed to read from clipboard fd");
             close(fds[0]);
             return NULL;
         }