diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
index bf500aebc99cccead2bcf8609d02616ca34b4aae..4e7f1fd6b8c556dba92a6cda061229e7308c94af 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/containerd.go
@@ -311,5 +311,5 @@ func (r *Containerd) SystemLogCmd(len int) string {
 
 // Preload preloads the container runtime with k8s images
 func (r *Containerd) Preload(k8sVersion string) error {
-	return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("not yet implemented for %s", r.Name)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
index f876fbbf5e551226fba466d98646599f261e911e..030b22b0bdf98e9f4aa0e4f09ef9a4e08ba2bac9 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cruntime/crio.go
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@ func (r *CRIO) SystemLogCmd(len int) string {
 
 // Preload preloads the container runtime with k8s images
 func (r *CRIO) Preload(k8sVersion string) error {
-	return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("not yet implemented for %s", r.Name)
 }