diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
index 56f88c49be..7e8049c80d 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 	system.InitLCOW(cli.Config.Experimental)
 
 	if err := setDefaultUmask(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to set umask: %v", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Create the daemon root before we create ANY other files (PID, or migrate keys)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 	if cli.Pidfile != "" {
 		pf, err := pidfile.New(cli.Pidfile)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Error starting daemon: %v", err)
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start daemon")
 		}
 		defer func() {
 			if err := pf.Remove(); err != nil {
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 
 	serverConfig, err := newAPIServerConfig(cli)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create API server: %v", err)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create API server")
 	}
 	cli.api = apiserver.New(serverConfig)
 
 	hosts, err := loadListeners(cli, serverConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load listeners: %v", err)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to load listeners")
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
@@ -144,13 +144,13 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 		opts, err := cli.getContainerdDaemonOpts()
 		if err != nil {
 			cancel()
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to generate containerd options: %v", err)
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate containerd options")
 		}
 
 		r, err := supervisor.Start(ctx, filepath.Join(cli.Config.Root, "containerd"), filepath.Join(cli.Config.ExecRoot, "containerd"), opts...)
 		if err != nil {
 			cancel()
-			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start containerd: %v", err)
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start containerd")
 		}
 
 		cli.Config.ContainerdAddr = r.Address()
@@ -176,20 +176,20 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 
 	d, err := daemon.NewDaemon(ctx, cli.Config, pluginStore)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error starting daemon: %v", err)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start daemon")
 	}
 
 	d.StoreHosts(hosts)
 
 	// validate after NewDaemon has restored enabled plugins. Dont change order.
 	if err := validateAuthzPlugins(cli.Config.AuthorizationPlugins, pluginStore); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error validating authorization plugin: %v", err)
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to validate authorization plugin")
 	}
 
 	// TODO: move into startMetricsServer()
 	if cli.Config.MetricsAddress != "" {
 		if !d.HasExperimental() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("metrics-addr is only supported when experimental is enabled")
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "metrics-addr is only supported when experimental is enabled")
 		}
 		if err := startMetricsServer(cli.Config.MetricsAddress); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
 	cancel()
 
 	if errAPI != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Shutting down due to ServeAPI error: %v", errAPI)
+		return errors.Wrap(errAPI, "shutting down due to ServeAPI error")
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -412,14 +412,14 @@ func loadDaemonCliConfig(opts *daemonOptions) (*config.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	if flags.Changed("graph") && flags.Changed("data-root") {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`cannot specify both "--graph" and "--data-root" option`)
+		return nil, errors.New(`cannot specify both "--graph" and "--data-root" option`)
 	}
 
 	if opts.configFile != "" {
 		c, err := config.MergeDaemonConfigurations(conf, flags, opts.configFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			if flags.Changed("config-file") || !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to configure the Docker daemon with file %s: %v", opts.configFile, err)
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to configure the Docker daemon with file %s", opts.configFile)
 			}
 		}
 		// the merged configuration can be nil if the config file didn't exist.
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ func loadListeners(cli *DaemonCli, serverConfig *apiserver.Config) ([]string, er
 	for i := 0; i < len(cli.Config.Hosts); i++ {
 		var err error
 		if cli.Config.Hosts[i], err = dopts.ParseHost(cli.Config.TLS, cli.Config.Hosts[i]); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing -H %s : %v", cli.Config.Hosts[i], err)
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing -H %s", cli.Config.Hosts[i])
 		}
 
 		protoAddr := cli.Config.Hosts[i]
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
index edb2a7b6c9..dae4c9dc0d 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_daemon_test.go
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (s *DockerDaemonSuite) TestDaemonExitOnFailure(c *check.C) {
 			c.Fatalf("Expected daemon not to start, got %v", err)
 		}
 		// look in the log and make sure we got the message that daemon is shutting down
-		icmd.RunCommand("grep", "Error starting daemon", s.d.LogFileName()).Assert(c, icmd.Success)
+		icmd.RunCommand("grep", "failed to start daemon", s.d.LogFileName()).Assert(c, icmd.Success)
 	} else {
 		//if we didn't get an error and the daemon is running, this is a failure
 		c.Fatal("Conflicting options should cause the daemon to error out with a failure")
diff --git a/internal/test/daemon/daemon.go b/internal/test/daemon/daemon.go
index 8c04c3158f..b526ca8354 100644
--- a/internal/test/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/internal/test/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) Start(t testingT, args ...string) {
 		ht.Helper()
 	}
 	if err := d.StartWithError(args...); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error starting daemon with arguments %v : %v", args, err)
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start daemon with arguments %v : %v", args, err)
 	}
 }