diff --git a/pkg/sources/errors.go b/pkg/sources/errors.go
index 3ec62a74d6af..123241b34356 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/errors.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package sources
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ func (s *ScanErrors) Count() uint64 {
 func (s *ScanErrors) String() string {
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", s.errors)
+
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteString("[")
+	for i, err := range s.errors {
+		sb.WriteString(`"` + err.Error() + `"`)
+		if i < len(s.errors)-1 {
+			sb.WriteString(", ")
+		}
+	}
+	sb.WriteString("]")
+	return sb.String()
 }
 
 func (s *ScanErrors) Errors() error {
diff --git a/pkg/sources/github/github.go b/pkg/sources/github/github.go
index 7972e562d00e..9ad9e2099d0c 100644
--- a/pkg/sources/github/github.go
+++ b/pkg/sources/github/github.go
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ func (s *Source) scan(ctx context.Context, installationClient *github.Client, ch
 
 	_ = s.jobPool.Wait()
 	if scanErrs.Count() > 0 {
-		s.log.V(0).Info("failed to scan some repositories", "error_count", scanErrs.Count(), "errors", scanErrs)
+		s.log.V(0).Info("failed to scan some repositories", "error_count", scanErrs.Count(), "errors", scanErrs.String())
 	}
 	s.SetProgressComplete(len(s.repos), len(s.repos), "Completed GitHub scan", "")