diff --git a/cloudinit/config/cc_puppet.py b/cloudinit/config/cc_puppet.py
index a0df1b77212..89f17c89869 100644
--- a/cloudinit/config/cc_puppet.py
+++ b/cloudinit/config/cc_puppet.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from cloudinit.cloud import Cloud
 from cloudinit.config import Config
 from cloudinit.config.schema import MetaSchema, get_meta_doc
-from cloudinit.distros import ALL_DISTROS, Distro, InstallerError
+from cloudinit.distros import ALL_DISTROS, Distro, PackageInstallerError
 from cloudinit.settings import PER_INSTANCE
 
 AIO_INSTALL_URL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppetlabs/install-puppet/main/install.sh"  # noqa: E501
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def handle(name: str, cfg: Config, cloud: Cloud, args: list) -> None:
             to_install: List[Union[str, List[str]]]
             if package_name is None:  # conf has no package_nam
                 for puppet_name in PUPPET_PACKAGE_NAMES:
-                    with suppress(InstallerError):
+                    with suppress(PackageInstallerError):
                         to_install = (
                             [[puppet_name, version]]
                             if version
diff --git a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
index e7dfcff95ae..ffeeb6f1829 100644
--- a/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/distros/__init__.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 ]
 
 
-class InstallerError(Exception):
+class PackageInstallerError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def _validate_entry(self, entry):
         )
 
     def _extract_package_by_manager(
-        self, pkglist: Iterable
+        self, pkglist: PackageList
     ) -> Tuple[Dict[Type[PackageManager], Set], Set]:
         """Transform the generic package list to package by package manager.
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def install_packages(self, pkglist: PackageList):
             )
 
         if uninstalled:
-            raise InstallerError(error_message, uninstalled)
+            raise PackageInstallerError(error_message % uninstalled)
 
     def _write_network(self, settings):
         """Deprecated. Remove if/when arch and gentoo support renderers."""
diff --git a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py
index cf660472b23..9ba7f178787 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_package_update_upgrade_install.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     get_schema,
     validate_cloudconfig_schema,
 )
-from cloudinit.distros import InstallerError
+from cloudinit.distros import PackageInstallerError
 from cloudinit.subp import SubpResult
 from tests.unittests.helpers import skipUnlessJsonSchema
 from tests.unittests.util import get_cloud
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def _new_subp(*args, **kwargs):
         cloud = get_cloud("ubuntu")
         cfg = {"packages": ["pkg1"]}
         with mock.patch("cloudinit.subp.subp", side_effect=_new_subp):
-            with pytest.raises(InstallerError):
+            with pytest.raises(PackageInstallerError):
                 handle("", cfg, cloud, [])
 
         assert caplog.records[-3].levelname == "WARNING"
diff --git a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_puppet.py b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_puppet.py
index e1c4e31a6df..b2095c32687 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_puppet.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_puppet.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     get_schema,
     validate_cloudconfig_schema,
 )
-from cloudinit.distros import InstallerError
+from cloudinit.distros import PackageInstallerError
 from cloudinit.subp import ProcessExecutionError
 from tests.unittests.helpers import CiTestCase, mock, skipUnlessJsonSchema
 from tests.unittests.util import get_cloud
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def test_puppet_falls_back_to_older_name(self, m_subp, m_man_puppet):
             "tests.unittests.util.MockDistro.install_packages"
         ) as install_pkg:
             # puppet-agent not installed, but puppet is
-            install_pkg.side_effect = (InstallerError, 0)
+            install_pkg.side_effect = (PackageInstallerError, 0)
 
             cc_puppet.handle("notimportant", cfg, self.cloud, None)
             expected_calls = [
diff --git a/tests/unittests/distros/test_init.py b/tests/unittests/distros/test_init.py
index c5715b3ac10..82cd184a3fa 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/distros/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/distros/test_init.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from cloudinit.distros import (
     LDH_ASCII_CHARS,
-    InstallerError,
+    PackageInstallerError,
     _get_package_mirror_info,
 )
 from tests.unittests.distros import _get_distro
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ def test_non_default_package_manager_fail(
             "cloudinit.distros.package_management.snap.Snap.install_packages",
             return_value=["pkg3"],
         )
-        with pytest.raises(InstallerError):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            PackageInstallerError,
+            match="Failed to install the following packages: \['pkg3'\]",
+        ):
             _get_distro("debian").install_packages(
                 [{"apt": ["pkg1"]}, "pkg2", {"snap": ["pkg3"]}]
             )