diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
index 56e25a63010395ad1dc6646d17ad993cc763f6c9..5acdf3355a3ffe8b28047fa374aae2f952842df3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
@@ -37,6 +37,46 @@
 		   btrfs_header_level(eb) == 0 ? "leaf" : "node",	\
 		   reason, btrfs_header_bytenr(eb), root->objectid, slot)
 
+/*
+ * Error message should follow the following format:
+ * corrupt <type>: <identifier>, <reason>[, <bad_value>]
+ *
+ * @type:	leaf or node
+ * @identifier:	the necessary info to locate the leaf/node.
+ * 		It's recommened to decode key.objecitd/offset if it's
+ * 		meaningful.
+ * @reason:	describe the error
+ * @bad_value:	optional, it's recommened to output bad value and its
+ *		expected value (range).
+ *
+ * Since comma is used to separate the components, only space is allowed
+ * inside each component.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Append generic "corrupt leaf/node root=%llu block=%llu slot=%d: " to @fmt.
+ * Allows callers to customize the output.
+ */
+__printf(4, 5)
+static void generic_err(const struct btrfs_root *root,
+			const struct extent_buffer *eb, int slot,
+			const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	struct va_format vaf;
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	btrfs_crit(root->fs_info,
+		"corrupt %s: root=%llu block=%llu slot=%d, %pV",
+		btrfs_header_level(eb) == 0 ? "leaf" : "node",
+		root->objectid, btrfs_header_bytenr(eb), slot, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
 static int check_extent_data_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				  struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 				  struct btrfs_key *key, int slot)
@@ -282,9 +322,11 @@ int btrfs_check_node(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *node)
 
 	if (nr == 0 || nr > BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root->fs_info)) {
 		btrfs_crit(root->fs_info,
-			   "corrupt node: block %llu root %llu nritems %lu",
-			   node->start, root->objectid, nr);
-		return -EIO;
+"corrupt node: root=%llu block=%llu, nritems too %s, have %lu expect range [1,%u]",
+			   root->objectid, node->start,
+			   nr == 0 ? "small" : "large", nr,
+			   BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root->fs_info));
+		return -EUCLEAN;
 	}
 
 	for (slot = 0; slot < nr - 1; slot++) {
@@ -293,14 +335,26 @@ int btrfs_check_node(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *node)
 		btrfs_node_key_to_cpu(node, &next_key, slot + 1);
 
 		if (!bytenr) {
-			CORRUPT("invalid item slot", node, root, slot);
-			ret = -EIO;
+			generic_err(root, node, slot,
+				"invalid NULL node pointer");
+			ret = -EUCLEAN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (!IS_ALIGNED(bytenr, root->fs_info->sectorsize)) {
+			generic_err(root, node, slot,
+			"unaligned pointer, have %llu should be aligned to %u",
+				bytenr, root->fs_info->sectorsize);
+			ret = -EUCLEAN;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
 		if (btrfs_comp_cpu_keys(&key, &next_key) >= 0) {
-			CORRUPT("bad key order", node, root, slot);
-			ret = -EIO;
+			generic_err(root, node, slot,
+	"bad key order, current (%llu %u %llu) next (%llu %u %llu)",
+				key.objectid, key.type, key.offset,
+				next_key.objectid, next_key.type,
+				next_key.offset);
+			ret = -EUCLEAN;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}