diff --git a/api/internal/localizer/localizer.go b/api/internal/localizer/localizer.go
index d975a48d8..5f654749b 100644
--- a/api/internal/localizer/localizer.go
+++ b/api/internal/localizer/localizer.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (lc *localizer) load() (*types.Kustomization, string, error) {
 	var kust types.Kustomization
 	err = (&kust).Unmarshal(content)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", errors.WrapPrefixf(err, "invalid kustomization")
+		return nil, "", errors.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
 	// Localize intentionally does not replace legacy fields to return a localized kustomization
diff --git a/api/internal/localizer/localizer_test.go b/api/internal/localizer/localizer_test.go
index 198260b73..ae0ea3ec5 100644
--- a/api/internal/localizer/localizer_test.go
+++ b/api/internal/localizer/localizer_test.go
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ suffix: invalid`,
 
 	err := Run("/a", "", "", fSysTest)
 	require.EqualError(t, err,
-		`unable to localize target "/a": invalid kustomization: kustomization unmarshal error: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field "suffix"`)
+		`unable to localize target "/a": invalid Kustomization: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field "suffix"`)
 
 	checkFSys(t, fSysExpected, fSysTest)
 }
diff --git a/api/krusty/configmaps_test.go b/api/krusty/configmaps_test.go
index 643015c91..251d6d825 100644
--- a/api/krusty/configmaps_test.go
+++ b/api/krusty/configmaps_test.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ radon
 		t.Fatalf("expected an error")
 	}
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(),
-		"kustomization unmarshal error: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: unmarshal errors:\n"+
+		"invalid Kustomization: error converting YAML to JSON: yaml: unmarshal errors:\n"+
 			"  line 13: key \"literals\" already set in map\n  line 18: key \"files\" already set in map")
 }
 
diff --git a/api/types/kustomization.go b/api/types/kustomization.go
index 87d2e6dc3..055b94c3c 100644
--- a/api/types/kustomization.go
+++ b/api/types/kustomization.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package types
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/filesys"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ func (k *Kustomization) EnforceFields() []string {
 // Unmarshal replace k with the content in YAML input y
 func (k *Kustomization) Unmarshal(y []byte) error {
 	if err := yaml.UnmarshalStrict(y, &k); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("kustomization unmarshal error: %w", err)
+		return errors.WrapPrefixf(err, "invalid Kustomization")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/api/types/kustomization_test.go b/api/types/kustomization_test.go
index 24b1fa3aa..ff6e9a685 100644
--- a/api/types/kustomization_test.go
+++ b/api/types/kustomization_test.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ unknown: foo`)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expect an error")
 	}
-	expect := "kustomization unmarshal error: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field \"unknown\""
+	expect := "invalid Kustomization: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field \"unknown\""
 	if err.Error() != expect {
 		t.Fatalf("expect %v but got: %v", expect, err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/internal/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go b/kustomize/commands/internal/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
index 1cc404a32..bf0a8be4a 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/internal/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/internal/kustfile/kustomizationfile_test.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ foo:
 	}
 
 	_, err = mf.Read()
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != "kustomization unmarshal error: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field \"foo\"" {
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != "invalid Kustomization: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: unknown field \"foo\"" {
 		t.Fatalf("Expect an unknown field error but got: %v", err)
 	}
 }