diff --git a/server/cros/faft/firmware_test.py b/server/cros/faft/firmware_test.py
index 3c97585..9db71b1 100644
--- a/server/cros/faft/firmware_test.py
+++ b/server/cros/faft/firmware_test.py
@@ -544,11 +544,10 @@
         try:
             self.servo.system('mount -o ro %s %s' % (rootfs, tmpd))
         except error.AutoservRunError as e:
+            usb_info = telemetry.collect_usb_state(self.servo)
             raise error.TestError(
-                ('Could not mount the partition on USB device. ' +
-                    'Exception: %s\nMore telemetry: %s') %
-                (e,
-                    telemetry.collect_usb_state(self.servo)))
+                ('Could not mount the partition on USB device. %s: %s\n'
+                 'More telemetry: %s') % (type(e).__name__, e, usb_info))
 
         try:
             usb_lsb = self.servo.system_output('cat %s' %
diff --git a/server/cros/faft/telemetry.py b/server/cros/faft/telemetry.py
index 496c67a..87b3917 100644
--- a/server/cros/faft/telemetry.py
+++ b/server/cros/faft/telemetry.py
@@ -26,22 +26,20 @@
      - `ls -l /dev/sd*` to learn which storage devices are known to the OS and
        what partition scheme is assumed by the kernel;
      - `fdisk -l` for the partitioning as reported in GPT/MBR
+
+    Note that the return value begins with a newline.
     """
-    lsusb = servo.system_output('lsusb', ignore_status=True)
-    lsusb_t = servo.system_output('lsusb -t', ignore_status=True)
-    lssdx = servo.system_output('ls -l /dev/sd*', ignore_status=True)
-    fdisk = servo.system_output('fdisk -l', ignore_status=True)
-    return """lsusb:
-        %s
-
-        lsusb -t:
-        %s
-
-        ls -l /dev/sd*:
-        %s
-
-        fdisk -l:
-        %s
-        """ % (lsusb, lsusb_t, lssdx, fdisk)
+    lines = []
+    for cmd in [
+            'lsusb',
+            'lsusb -t',
+            'ls -l /dev/sd*',
+            'fdisk -l'
+    ]:
+        output = servo.system_output(cmd, ignore_status=True)
+        lines.append('')
+        lines.append('%s:' % cmd)
+        lines.extend('    %s' % line for line in output.splitlines())
+    return '\n'.join(lines)
 
 # Add more collect functions here as necessary