diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 5529e16..5dba65d 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 			"revision": "970db520ece77730c7e4724c61121037378659d9",
 			"revisionTime": "2016-03-15T20:05:05Z"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "ljd3FhYRJ91cLZz3wsH9BQQ2JbA=",
+			"path": "github.com/pkg/errors",
+			"revision": "816c9085562cd7ee03e7f8188a1cfd942858cded",
+			"revisionTime": "2018-03-11T21:45:15Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "xPKgXygsORkmXnLdtFaFmipYKaA=",
 			"path": "github.com/spf13/cobra",
diff --git a/yq.go b/yq.go
index 4a6e585..3e13d34 100644
--- a/yq.go
+++ b/yq.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	errors "github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	logging "github.com/op/go-logging"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -288,14 +289,14 @@ func mapYamlDecoder(updateData updateDataFn, encoder *yaml.Encoder) yamlDecoderF
 				}
 				return nil
 			} else if errorReading != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Error reading document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorReading)
+				return errors.Wrapf(errorReading, "Error reading document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorReading)
 			}
 			dataBucket = updateData(dataBucket, currentIndex)
 
 			errorWriting = encoder.Encode(dataBucket)
 
 			if errorWriting != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Error writing document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorWriting)
+				return errors.Wrapf(errorWriting, "Error writing document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorWriting)
 			}
 			currentIndex = currentIndex + 1
 		}
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ func marshalContext(context interface{}) (string, error) {
 	out, err := yaml.Marshal(context)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("error printing yaml: %v", err)
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error printing yaml")
 	}
 
 	outStr := string(out)
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ func readData(filename string, indexToRead int, parsedData interface{}) error {
 		for currentIndex := 0; currentIndex < indexToRead; currentIndex++ {
 			errorSkipping := decoder.Decode(parsedData)
 			if errorSkipping != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("Error processing document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorSkipping)
+				return errors.Wrapf(errorSkipping, "Error processing document at index %v, %v", currentIndex, errorSkipping)
 			}
 		}
 		return decoder.Decode(parsedData)