diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index 29183815485..520cbf2a9c4 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -1648,8 +1648,8 @@ static void perform_stream_op(grpc_transport* gt, grpc_stream* gs,
 }
 
 static void cancel_pings(grpc_chttp2_transport* t, grpc_error_handle error) {
-  GRPC_CHTTP2_IF_TRACING(
-      gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "%p CANCEL PINGS: %s", t, error.ToString().c_str()));
+  GRPC_CHTTP2_IF_TRACING(gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "%p CANCEL PINGS: %s", t,
+                                 grpc_core::StatusToString(error).c_str()));
   // callback remaining pings: they're not allowed to call into the transport,
   //   and maybe they hold resources that need to be freed
   grpc_chttp2_ping_queue* pq = &t->ping_queue;
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ void grpc_chttp2_mark_stream_closed(grpc_chttp2_transport* t,
         (close_reads && close_writes)
             ? "read+write"
             : (close_reads ? "read" : (close_writes ? "write" : "nothing??")),
-        error.ToString().c_str());
+        grpc_core::StatusToString(error).c_str());
   }
   if (s->read_closed && s->write_closed) {
     // already closed, but we should still fake the status if needed.
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
index c11c56f2ea7..08774b6c14e 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/error.cc
@@ -70,12 +70,42 @@ absl::Status grpc_os_error(const grpc_core::DebugLocation& location, int err,
 }
 
 #ifdef GPR_WINDOWS
+std::string WSAErrorToShortDescription(int err) {
+  switch (err) {
+    case WSAEACCES:
+      return "Permission denied";
+    case WSAEFAULT:
+      return "Bad address";
+    case WSAEMFILE:
+      return "Too many open files";
+    case WSAEMSGSIZE:
+      return "Message too long";
+    case WSAENETDOWN:
+      return "Network is down";
+    case WSAENETUNREACH:
+      return "Network is unreachable";
+    case WSAENETRESET:
+      return "Network dropped connection on reset";
+    case WSAECONNABORTED:
+      return "Connection aborted";
+    case WSAECONNRESET:
+      return "Connection reset";
+    case WSAETIMEDOUT:
+      return "Connection timed out";
+    case WSAECONNREFUSED:
+      return "Connection refused";
+    case WSAEHOSTUNREACH:
+      return "No route to host";
+    default:
+      return "WSA Error";
+  };
+}
 // TODO(veblush): lift out of iomgr for use in the WindowsEventEngine
 absl::Status grpc_wsa_error(const grpc_core::DebugLocation& location, int err,
                             absl::string_view call_name) {
   char* utf8_message = gpr_format_message(err);
-  absl::Status s =
-      StatusCreate(absl::StatusCode::kUnavailable, "WSA Error", location, {});
+  absl::Status s = StatusCreate(absl::StatusCode::kUnavailable,
+                                WSAErrorToShortDescription(err), location, {});
   StatusSetInt(&s, grpc_core::StatusIntProperty::kWsaError, err);
   StatusSetInt(&s, grpc_core::StatusIntProperty::kRpcStatus,
                GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_windows.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_windows.cc
index 9f1e6d6ebbf..6ad9bb6a310 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_windows.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_windows.cc
@@ -186,9 +186,7 @@ static void on_read(void* tcpp, grpc_error_handle error) {
 
   if (error.ok()) {
     if (info->wsa_error != 0 && !tcp->shutting_down) {
-      char* utf8_message = gpr_format_message(info->wsa_error);
-      error = GRPC_ERROR_CREATE(utf8_message);
-      gpr_free(utf8_message);
+      error = GRPC_WSA_ERROR(info->wsa_error, "IOCP/Socket");
       grpc_slice_buffer_reset_and_unref(tcp->read_slices);
     } else {
       if (info->bytes_transferred != 0 && !tcp->shutting_down) {