diff --git a/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Transforms/ModuleInliner.cpp b/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Transforms/ModuleInliner.cpp
index 925b1963b1c8..64317dcad4e2 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Transforms/ModuleInliner.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/FIRRTL/Transforms/ModuleInliner.cpp
@@ -1027,7 +1027,8 @@ LogicalResult Inliner::inliningWalk(
               return success();
             })
             .Default([&](Operation *op) {
-              return op->emitError("unsupported operation cannot be inlined");
+              return op->emitError("unsupported operation '")
+                     << op->getName() << "' cannot be inlined";
             });
     if (failed(result))
       return failure();
@@ -1040,8 +1041,9 @@ LogicalResult Inliner::checkInstanceParents(InstanceOp instance) {
   while (!isa<FModuleLike>(parent)) {
     if (!isa<LayerBlockOp>(parent))
       return instance->emitError("cannot inline instance")
-        .attachNote(parent->getLoc())
-        << "containing operation not safe to inline into";
+                 .attachNote(parent->getLoc())
+             << "containing operation '" << parent->getName()
+             << "' not safe to inline into";
     parent = parent->getParentOp();
   }
   return success();
diff --git a/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/inliner-errors.mlir b/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/inliner-errors.mlir
index 70efa6ee4af1..c4a557f19e47 100644
--- a/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/inliner-errors.mlir
+++ b/test/Dialect/FIRRTL/inliner-errors.mlir
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 firrtl.circuit "InlineIntoWhen" {
   firrtl.module private @Child () attributes {annotations = [{class = "firrtl.passes.InlineAnnotation"}]} {}
   firrtl.module @InlineIntoWhen(in %cond : !firrtl.uint<1>) {
-    // expected-note @below {{containing operation not safe to inline into}}
+    // expected-note @below {{containing operation 'firrtl.when' not safe to inline into}}
     firrtl.when %cond : !firrtl.uint<1> {
       // expected-error @below {{cannot inline instance}}
       firrtl.instance c @Child()
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ firrtl.circuit "InlineIntoWhen" {
 firrtl.circuit "FlattenThroughWhen" {
   firrtl.module private @GChild () {}
   firrtl.module private @Child (in %cond : !firrtl.uint<1>) {
-    // expected-note @below {{containing operation not safe to inline into}}
+    // expected-note @below {{containing operation 'firrtl.when' not safe to inline into}}
     firrtl.when %cond : !firrtl.uint<1> {
       // expected-error @below {{cannot inline instance}}
       firrtl.instance c @GChild()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ firrtl.circuit "InlineIntoIfdef" {
   sv.macro.decl @A_0["A"]
   firrtl.module private @Child () attributes {annotations = [{class = "firrtl.passes.InlineAnnotation"}]} {}
   firrtl.module @InlineIntoIfdef() {
-    // expected-note @below {{containing operation not safe to inline into}}
+    // expected-note @below {{containing operation 'sv.ifdef' not safe to inline into}}
     sv.ifdef @A_0 {
       // expected-error @below {{cannot inline instance}}
       firrtl.instance c @Child()
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ firrtl.circuit "InlineIntoIfdef" {
 firrtl.circuit "InlineIfdef" {
   sv.macro.decl @A_0["A"]
   firrtl.module private @Child () attributes {annotations = [{class = "firrtl.passes.InlineAnnotation"}]} {
-    // expected-error @below {{unsupported operation cannot be inlined}}
+    // expected-error @below {{unsupported operation 'sv.ifdef' cannot be inlined}}
     sv.ifdef @A_0 { }
   }
   firrtl.module @InlineIfdef() {