diff --git a/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
index 3e8aca6b15..f110a804b2 100644
--- a/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qobject-input-visitor.c
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_start_struct(Visitor *v, const char *name, void **obj,
         return false;
     }
     if (qobject_type(qobj) != QTYPE_QDICT) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "object");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: object",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_start_list(Visitor *v, const char *name,
         return false;
     }
     if (qobject_type(qobj) != QTYPE_QLIST) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "array");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: array",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_int64(Visitor *v, const char *name, int64_t *obj,
     }
     qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qobj);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_int(qnum, obj)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "integer");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: integer",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -494,8 +494,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_bool(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *obj,
     }
     qbool = qobject_to(QBool, qobj);
     if (!qbool) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "boolean");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: boolean",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_str(Visitor *v, const char *name, char **obj,
     }
     qstr = qobject_to(QString, qobj);
     if (!qstr) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "string");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: string",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
     }
     qnum = qobject_to(QNum, qobj);
     if (!qnum) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "number");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: number",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_number_keyval(Visitor *v, const char *name,
 
     if (qemu_strtod_finite(str, NULL, &val)) {
         /* TODO report -ERANGE more nicely */
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "number");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: number",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ static bool qobject_input_type_null(Visitor *v, const char *name,
     }
 
     if (qobject_type(qobj) != QTYPE_QNULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE,
-                   full_name(qiv, name), "null");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: null",
+                   full_name(qiv, name));
         return false;
     }
     *obj = qnull();
diff --git a/qapi/string-input-visitor.c b/qapi/string-input-visitor.c
index 197139c1c0..3f1b9e9b41 100644
--- a/qapi/string-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/string-input-visitor.c
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ static bool parse_type_number(Visitor *v, const char *name, double *obj,
 
     assert(siv->lm == LM_NONE);
     if (qemu_strtod_finite(siv->string, NULL, &val)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
-                   "number");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: number",
+                   name ? name : "null");
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ static bool parse_type_null(Visitor *v, const char *name, QNull **obj,
     *obj = NULL;
 
     if (siv->string[0]) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
-                   "null");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: null",
+                   name ? name : "null");
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/qom/object.c b/qom/object.c
index e25f1e96db..890fa0a106 100644
--- a/qom/object.c
+++ b/qom/object.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,8 @@ char *object_property_get_str(Object *obj, const char *name,
     }
     qstring = qobject_to(QString, ret);
     if (!qstring) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "string");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: string",
+                   name);
         retval = NULL;
     } else {
         retval = g_strdup(qstring_get_str(qstring));
@@ -1504,7 +1505,8 @@ bool object_property_get_bool(Object *obj, const char *name,
     }
     qbool = qobject_to(QBool, ret);
     if (!qbool) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "boolean");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: boolean",
+                   name);
         retval = false;
     } else {
         retval = qbool_get_bool(qbool);
@@ -1537,7 +1539,8 @@ int64_t object_property_get_int(Object *obj, const char *name,
 
     qnum = qobject_to(QNum, ret);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_int(qnum, &retval)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "int");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: int",
+                   name);
         retval = -1;
     }
 
@@ -1606,7 +1609,8 @@ uint64_t object_property_get_uint(Object *obj, const char *name,
     }
     qnum = qobject_to(QNum, ret);
     if (!qnum || !qnum_get_try_uint(qnum, &retval)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name, "uint");
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid parameter type for '%s', expected: uint",
+                   name);
         retval = 0;
     }
 
