diff --git a/internal/storage/local/local.go b/internal/storage/local/local.go
index 3c33861..4edcff8 100644
--- a/internal/storage/local/local.go
+++ b/internal/storage/local/local.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (b *localStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 	_, name := path.Split(file)
 
 	if err := copyFile(file, path.Join(b.DestinationPath, name)); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*localStorage).Copy: Error copying file to local archive! %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*localStorage).Copy: Error copying file to local archive: %w", err)
 	}
 	b.Log(storage.LogLevelInfo, b.Name(), "Stored copy of backup `%s` in local archive `%s`.", file, b.DestinationPath)
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (b *localStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 			os.Remove(symlink)
 		}
 		if err := os.Symlink(name, symlink); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("(*localStorage).Copy: error creating latest symlink! %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("(*localStorage).Copy: error creating latest symlink: %w", err)
 		}
 		b.Log(storage.LogLevelInfo, b.Name(), "Created/Updated symlink `%s` for latest backup.", b.latestSymlink)
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (b *localStorage) Prune(deadline time.Time, pruningPrefix string) (*storage
 		fi, err := os.Stat(candidate)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf(
-				"(*localStorage).Prune: Error calling stat on file %s! %w",
+				"(*localStorage).Prune: Error calling stat on file %s: %w",
 				candidate,
 				err,
 			)
diff --git a/internal/storage/s3/s3.go b/internal/storage/s3/s3.go
index 76b1e38..bb2394d 100644
--- a/internal/storage/s3/s3.go
+++ b/internal/storage/s3/s3.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewStorageBackend(opts Config, logFunc storage.Log) (storage.Backend, error
 
 		transport, err := minio.DefaultTransport(true)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("NewStorageBackend: failed to create default minio transport")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("NewStorageBackend: failed to create default minio transport: %w", err)
 		}
 		transport.TLSClientConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = true
 		options.Transport = transport
diff --git a/internal/storage/ssh/ssh.go b/internal/storage/ssh/ssh.go
index 9194528..91f126c 100644
--- a/internal/storage/ssh/ssh.go
+++ b/internal/storage/ssh/ssh.go
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ func (b *sshStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 	source, err := os.Open(file)
 	_, name := path.Split(file)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error reading the file to be uploaded! %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error reading the file to be uploaded: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer source.Close()
 
 	destination, err := b.sftpClient.Create(filepath.Join(b.DestinationPath, name))
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error creating file on SSH storage! %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error creating file on SSH storage: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer destination.Close()
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (b *sshStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			tot, err := destination.Write(chunk[:num])
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage! %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage: %w", err)
 			}
 
 			if tot != len(chunk[:num]) {
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ func (b *sshStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 		}
 
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage! %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		tot, err := destination.Write(chunk[:num])
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage! %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to SSH storage: %w", err)
 		}
 
 		if tot != len(chunk[:num]) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (b *sshStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 func (b *sshStorage) Prune(deadline time.Time, pruningPrefix string) (*storage.PruneStats, error) {
 	candidates, err := b.sftpClient.ReadDir(b.DestinationPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Prune: Error reading directory from SSH storage! %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Prune: Error reading directory from SSH storage: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var matches []string
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (b *sshStorage) Prune(deadline time.Time, pruningPrefix string) (*storage.P
 	if err := b.DoPrune(b.Name(), len(matches), len(candidates), "SSH backup(s)", func() error {
 		for _, match := range matches {
 			if err := b.sftpClient.Remove(filepath.Join(b.DestinationPath, match)); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Prune: Error removing file from SSH storage! %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("(*sshStorage).Prune: Error removing file from SSH storage: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/internal/storage/webdav/webdav.go b/internal/storage/webdav/webdav.go
index c95c164..ae9386c 100644
--- a/internal/storage/webdav/webdav.go
+++ b/internal/storage/webdav/webdav.go
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ func (b *webDavStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	_, name := path.Split(file)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error reading the file to be uploaded! %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error reading the file to be uploaded: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err := b.client.MkdirAll(b.DestinationPath, 0644); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error creating directory '%s' on WebDAV server! %w", b.DestinationPath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error creating directory '%s' on WebDAV server: %w", b.DestinationPath, err)
 	}
 	if err := b.client.Write(filepath.Join(b.DestinationPath, name), bytes, 0644); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to WebDAV server! %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Copy: Error uploading the file to WebDAV server: %w", err)
 	}
-	b.Log(storage.LogLevelInfo, b.Name(), "Uploaded a copy of backup `%s` to WebDAV-URL '%s' at path '%s'.", file, b.url, b.DestinationPath)
+	b.Log(storage.LogLevelInfo, b.Name(), "Uploaded a copy of backup '%s' to WebDAV URL '%s' at path '%s'.", file, b.url, b.DestinationPath)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (b *webDavStorage) Copy(file string) error {
 func (b *webDavStorage) Prune(deadline time.Time, pruningPrefix string) (*storage.PruneStats, error) {
 	candidates, err := b.client.ReadDir(b.DestinationPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Prune: Error looking up candidates from remote storage! %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Prune: Error looking up candidates from remote storage: %w", err)
 	}
 	var matches []fs.FileInfo
 	var lenCandidates int
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (b *webDavStorage) Prune(deadline time.Time, pruningPrefix string) (*storag
 	if err := b.DoPrune(b.Name(), len(matches), lenCandidates, "WebDAV backup(s)", func() error {
 		for _, match := range matches {
 			if err := b.client.Remove(filepath.Join(b.DestinationPath, match.Name())); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Prune: Error removing file from WebDAV storage! %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("(*webDavStorage).Prune: Error removing file from WebDAV storage: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 		return nil