diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
index fed8bdeff1bc..10265c0ef8a0 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
@@ -50,42 +50,43 @@ func TestValidateCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		c *fakeCandidate
+		name string
+		c    *fakeCandidate
 
 		// Either err or invalid may be non-empty, but not both (both can be empty for a good plugin).
 		err     string
 		invalid string
 	}{
 		/* Each failing one of the tests */
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: ""}, err: "plugin candidate path cannot be empty"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: badPrefixPath}, err: fmt.Sprintf("does not have %q prefix", NamePrefix)},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: badNamePath}, invalid: "did not match"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinName}, invalid: `plugin "builtin" duplicates builtin command`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinAlias}, invalid: `plugin "alias" duplicates an alias of builtin command "builtin"`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: false}, invalid: fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch metadata: faked a failure to exec %q", goodPluginPath)},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `xyzzy`}, invalid: "invalid character"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "" is not valid`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "xyzzy"}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "xyzzy" is not valid`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0"}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": ""}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`}, invalid: "requires experimental enabled"},
+		{name: "empty path", c: &fakeCandidate{path: ""}, err: "plugin candidate path cannot be empty"},
+		{name: "bad prefix", c: &fakeCandidate{path: badPrefixPath}, err: fmt.Sprintf("does not have %q prefix", NamePrefix)},
+		{name: "bad path", c: &fakeCandidate{path: badNamePath}, invalid: "did not match"},
+		{name: "builtin command", c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinName}, invalid: `plugin "builtin" duplicates builtin command`},
+		{name: "builtin alias", c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinAlias}, invalid: `plugin "alias" duplicates an alias of builtin command "builtin"`},
+		{name: "fetch failure", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: false}, invalid: fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch metadata: faked a failure to exec %q", goodPluginPath)},
+		{name: "metadata not json", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `xyzzy`}, invalid: "invalid character"},
+		{name: "empty schemaversion", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "" is not valid`},
+		{name: "invalid schemaversion", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "xyzzy"}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "xyzzy" is not valid`},
+		{name: "no vendor", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0"}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
+		{name: "empty vendor", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": ""}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
+		{name: "experimental required", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`}, invalid: "requires experimental enabled"},
 		// This one should work
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`}},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`, allowExperimental: true}},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`, allowExperimental: true}},
+		{name: "valid", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`}},
+		{name: "valid + allowing experimental", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`, allowExperimental: true}},
+		{name: "experimental + allowing experimental", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`, allowExperimental: true}},
 	} {
 		p, err := newPlugin(tc.c, fakeroot, tc.c.allowExperimental)
 		if tc.err != "" {
-			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.err)
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.err, tc.name)
 		} else if tc.invalid != "" {
-			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			assert.Assert(t, cmp.ErrorType(p.Err, reflect.TypeOf(&pluginError{})))
-			assert.ErrorContains(t, p.Err, tc.invalid)
+			assert.NilError(t, err, tc.name)
+			assert.Assert(t, cmp.ErrorType(p.Err, reflect.TypeOf(&pluginError{})), tc.name)
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, p.Err, tc.invalid, tc.name)
 		} else {
-			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, NamePrefix+p.Name, goodPluginName)
-			assert.Equal(t, p.SchemaVersion, "0.1.0")
-			assert.Equal(t, p.Vendor, "e2e-testing")
+			assert.NilError(t, err, tc.name)
+			assert.Equal(t, NamePrefix+p.Name, goodPluginName, tc.name)
+			assert.Equal(t, p.SchemaVersion, "0.1.0", tc.name)
+			assert.Equal(t, p.Vendor, "e2e-testing", tc.name)
 		}
 	}
 }