diff --git a/controllers/ibmpowervsmachine_controller.go b/controllers/ibmpowervsmachine_controller.go
index 0d2b253dd..04d1e89f2 100644
--- a/controllers/ibmpowervsmachine_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/ibmpowervsmachine_controller.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (r *IBMPowerVSMachineReconciler) getOrCreate(scope *scope.PowerVSMachineSco
 func (r *IBMPowerVSMachineReconciler) handleLoadBalancerPoolMemberConfiguration(machineScope *scope.PowerVSMachineScope) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	poolMember, err := machineScope.CreateVPCLoadBalancerPoolMember()
 	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed CreateVPCLoadBalancerPoolMember %s: %w", machineScope.IBMPowerVSMachine.Name, err)
+		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create loadbalancer pool member %s: %w", machineScope.IBMPowerVSMachine.Name, err)
 	}
 	if poolMember != nil && *poolMember.ProvisioningStatus != string(infrav1beta2.VPCLoadBalancerStateActive) {
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: 1 * time.Minute}, nil