diff --git a/field.go b/field.go
index a14ad697c..90e03640e 100644
--- a/field.go
+++ b/field.go
@@ -1403,9 +1403,9 @@ func (f *Field) SetValue(tx Tx, columnID uint64, value int64) (changed bool, err
 	if bsig == nil {
 		return false, ErrBSIGroupNotFound
 	} else if value < bsig.Min {
-		return false, ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow, "index = %v, field = %v, column ID = %v, value %v is smaller than min allowed %v", f.index, f.name, columnID, value, bsig.Min)
 	} else if value > bsig.Max {
-		return false, ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh, "index = %v, field = %v, column ID = %v, value %v is larger than max allowed %v", f.index, f.name, columnID, value, bsig.Max)
 	}
 
 	// Determine base value to store.
@@ -1772,9 +1772,9 @@ func (f *Field) importValue(qcx *Qcx, columnIDs []uint64, values []int64, shard
 	for i := range columnIDs {
 		columnID, value := columnIDs[i], values[i]
 		if value > bsig.Max {
-			return errors.Wrap(ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh, fmt.Sprintf("value = %v, columnID = %v", value, columnID))
+			return errors.Wrapf(ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh, "index = %v, field = %v, column ID = %v, value %v is larger than max allowed %v", f.index, f.name, columnID, value, bsig.Max)
 		} else if value < bsig.Min {
-			return errors.Wrap(ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow, fmt.Sprintf("value = %v, columnID = %v", value, columnID))
+			return errors.Wrapf(ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow, "index = %v, field = %v, column ID = %v, value %v is smaller than min allowed %v", f.index, f.name, columnID, value, bsig.Min)
 		}
 		if value > max {
 			max = value
diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index 8b35d6744..635ab7e7c 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/roaring"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/test"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/testhook"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // Ensure a field can set & read a bsiGroup value.
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func TestField_SetValue(t *testing.T) {
 		var tx pilosa.Tx
 
 		// Set value.
-		if _, err := f.SetValue(tx, 100, 15); err != pilosa.ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow {
+		if _, err := f.SetValue(tx, 100, 15); !errors.Is(err, pilosa.ErrBSIGroupValueTooLow) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 	})
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func TestField_SetValue(t *testing.T) {
 		var tx pilosa.Tx
 
 		// Set value.
-		if _, err := f.SetValue(tx, 100, 31); err != pilosa.ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh {
+		if _, err := f.SetValue(tx, 100, 31); !errors.Is(err, pilosa.ErrBSIGroupValueTooHigh) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", err)
 		}
 	})