diff --git a/tests/steps/pages.py b/tests/steps/pages.py
index 9feeaeec91e7ee13c1854e921edabf0b0c4e6404..e4751715233ae7e54006cefb34fd93d723443f2f 100644
--- a/tests/steps/pages.py
+++ b/tests/steps/pages.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def assert_not_exist(context: Context, path: str) -> None:
 		"--post_type=post,page", "--post_status=publish",
 	]
 	urls = {*context.site.backend.cli(*cmd, deserialiser=JSONArray.from_string)}
-	assert context.site.url / path not in urls
+	assert context.site.url / path not in urls, \
+		f"{context.site.url / path} exists"
 
 
 @given("a {post_type:PostType} exists containing")
diff --git a/tests/steps/request_steps.py b/tests/steps/request_steps.py
index b39b2329606c1ca4c6803fd20e33ac390849bc5d..02c36e498be419a9856b9b985f4db5ad108206f1 100644
--- a/tests/steps/request_steps.py
+++ b/tests/steps/request_steps.py
@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ def assert_response(context: Context, response: ResponseCode) -> None:
 
 	"response" can be a numeric or phrasal response in ResponseCode
 	"""
-	assert context.response.status_code == response
+	assert context.response.status_code == response, \
+		f"Expected response {response}: got {context.response.status_code}"