diff --git a/src/shared/loop-util.c b/src/shared/loop-util.c
index b9c63e2e4cd..ce9a982f02f 100644
--- a/src/shared/loop-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/loop-util.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int loop_configure(
                 if (ioctl(fd, LOOP_SET_STATUS64, &info_copy) >= 0)
                         break;
                 if (errno != EAGAIN || ++n_attempts >= 64) {
-                        r = log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to configure loopback device: %m");
+                        r = log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to configure loopback block device: %m");
                         goto fail;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/loopback-setup.c b/src/shared/loopback-setup.c
index 8434c887d9a..0092289022b 100644
--- a/src/shared/loopback-setup.c
+++ b/src/shared/loopback-setup.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int loopback_setup(void) {
                 if (state_up.rcode == -EPERM && check_loopback(rtnl))
                         return 0;
 
-                return log_warning_errno(state_up.rcode, "Failed to configure loopback device: %m");
+                return log_warning_errno(state_up.rcode, "Failed to configure loopback network device: %m");
         }
 
         return 0;