diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index 0de4cad..ce9311c 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ func (e *errStreamOrConnLimitExceeded) AppendLogValues(v []interface{}) []interf
 	)
 }
 
+type errMemoryLimitExceeded struct {
+	current, attempted, limit int64
+	priority                  uint8
+	err                       error
+}
+
+func (e *errMemoryLimitExceeded) Error() string { return e.err.Error() }
+func (e *errMemoryLimitExceeded) Unwrap() error { return e.err }
+func (e *errMemoryLimitExceeded) AppendLogValues(v []interface{}) []interface{} {
+	return append(v,
+		"current", e.current,
+		"attempted", e.attempted,
+		"priority", e.priority,
+		"limit", e.limit,
+	)
+}
+
 // A resourceScope can be a DAG, where a downstream node is not allowed to outlive an upstream node
 // (ie cannot call Done in the upstream node before the downstream node) and account for resources
 // using a linearized parent set.
@@ -95,9 +112,14 @@ func (rc *resources) checkMemory(rsvp int64, prio uint8) error {
 	threshold := (1 + int64(prio)) * limit / 256
 
 	if newmem > threshold {
-		return network.ErrResourceLimitExceeded
+		return &errMemoryLimitExceeded{
+			current:   rc.memory,
+			attempted: rsvp,
+			limit:     limit,
+			priority:  prio,
+			err:       network.ErrResourceLimitExceeded,
+		}
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +329,14 @@ func (s *resourceScope) ReserveMemory(size int, prio uint8) error {
 	}
 
 	if err := s.rc.reserveMemory(int64(size), prio); err != nil {
-		log.Debugw("blocked memory reservation", "scope", s.name, "size", size, "priority", prio, "stat", s.rc.stat(), "error", err)
+		logValues := make([]interface{}, 0, 7)
+		logValues = append(logValues, "scope", s.name)
+		var limitErr *errMemoryLimitExceeded
+		if errors.As(err, &limitErr) {
+			logValues = limitErr.AppendLogValues(logValues)
+		}
+		logValues = append(logValues, "stat", s.Stat(), "error", err)
+		log.Debugw("blocked memory reservation", logValues...)
 		s.trace.BlockReserveMemory(s.name, prio, int64(size), s.rc.memory)
 		s.metrics.BlockMemory(size)
 		return s.wrapError(err)
@@ -333,7 +362,14 @@ func (s *resourceScope) reserveMemoryForEdges(size int, prio uint8) error {
 	var err error
 	for _, e := range s.edges {
 		if err = e.ReserveMemoryForChild(int64(size), prio); err != nil {
-			log.Debugw("blocked memory reservation from constraining edge", "scope", s.name, "edge", e.name, "size", size, "priority", prio, "stat", e.Stat(), "error", err)
+			logValues := make([]interface{}, 0, 7)
+			logValues = append(logValues, "scope", s.name, "edge", e.name)
+			var limitErr *errMemoryLimitExceeded
+			if errors.As(err, &limitErr) {
+				logValues = limitErr.AppendLogValues(logValues)
+			}
+			logValues = append(logValues, "stat", e.Stat(), "error", err)
+			log.Debugw("blocked memory reservation from constraining edge", logValues...)
 			break
 		}