diff --git a/prober/grpc.go b/prober/grpc.go
index 5a262682..da81bf89 100644
--- a/prober/grpc.go
+++ b/prober/grpc.go
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ func ProbeGRPC(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registr
 
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err.Error())
-		return ProbeFailure("can't connect grpc server")
+		return ProbeFailure("Can't connect to the grpc server")
 	} else if !ok {
-		return ProbeFailure("can't connect grpc server")
+		return ProbeFailure("Can't connect to the grpc server")
 	} else {
 		logger.Debug("connect the grpc server successfully")
 		result = ProbeSuccess()
diff --git a/prober/http.go b/prober/http.go
index 911d3ed7..2bd5ff4d 100644
--- a/prober/http.go
+++ b/prober/http.go
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ func ProbeHTTP(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registr
 	if resp == nil {
 		resp = &http.Response{}
 		if err != nil {
-			result = ProbeFailure("Error for HTTP request", "err", err.Error())
+			logger.Error("Error for HTTP request", "err", err.Error())
+			result = ProbeFailure("HTTP request failed")
 			// no return here, since there are cases where an error here
 			// might be acceptable after all.
 		}
@@ -481,8 +482,8 @@ func ProbeHTTP(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registr
 				}
 			}
 			if !result.success {
-				result = ProbeFailure("Invalid HTTP response status code", "status_code", strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode),
-					"valid_status_codes", fmt.Sprintf("%v", httpConfig.ValidStatusCodes))
+				logger.Info("Valid status codes", "codes", httpConfig.ValidStatusCodes)
+				result = ProbeFailure("Invalid HTTP response status code", "status_code", strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode))
 			}
 		} else if 200 <= resp.StatusCode && resp.StatusCode < 300 {
 			result = ProbeSuccess()
@@ -505,7 +506,8 @@ func ProbeHTTP(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registr
 		if httpConfig.Compression != "" {
 			dec, err := getDecompressionReader(httpConfig.Compression, resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
-				result = ProbeFailure("Failed to get decompressor for HTTP response body", "err", err.Error())
+				logger.Error(err.Error())
+				result = ProbeFailure("Failed to get decompressor for HTTP response body")
 			} else if dec != nil {
 				// Since we are replacing the original resp.Body with the decoder, we need to make sure
 				// we close the original body. We cannot close it right away because the decompressor
@@ -545,7 +547,8 @@ func ProbeHTTP(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registr
 		if !requestErrored {
 			_, err = io.Copy(io.Discard, byteCounter)
 			if err != nil {
-				result = ProbeFailure("Failed to read HTTP response body", "err", err.Error())
+				logger.Error(err.Error())
+				result = ProbeFailure("Failed to read HTTP response body")
 			}
 
 			respBodyBytes = byteCounter.n
diff --git a/prober/prober.go b/prober/prober.go
index 083e1e0d..5e8abf97 100644
--- a/prober/prober.go
+++ b/prober/prober.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type ProbeResult struct {
 // Expects an odd number of string arguments.
 //
 // Example:
-// Calling probeFailure("problem", "label1", "value1", "label2", "value2")
+// Calling ProbeFailure("problem", "label1", "value1", "label2", "value2")
 // will result in the metric:
 //
 // `probe_failure_info{reason="problem", label1="value1", label2="value2"}`
diff --git a/prober/tcp.go b/prober/tcp.go
index e812bcc2..72bb1784 100644
--- a/prober/tcp.go
+++ b/prober/tcp.go
@@ -165,11 +165,13 @@ func ProbeTCP(ctx context.Context, target string, module config.Module, registry
 				}
 			}
 			if scanner.Err() != nil {
-				return ProbeFailure("Error reading from connection", "err", scanner.Err().Error())
+				logger.Error("Scanner Error", "error", scanner.Err())
+				return ProbeFailure("Error reading from connection")
 			}
 			if match == nil {
 				probeFailedDueToRegex.Set(1)
-				return ProbeFailure("Regexp did not match", "regexp", qr.Expect.Regexp.String(), "line", scanner.Text())
+				logger.Error("Regexp did not match", "regexp", qr.Expect.Regexp.String(), "line", scanner.Text())
+				return ProbeFailure("Regexp did not match")
 			}
 			probeFailedDueToRegex.Set(0)
 			send = string(qr.Expect.Regexp.Expand(nil, []byte(send), scanner.Bytes(), match))