diff --git a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
index f040e16953a9..8c2d3abe31c6 100644
--- a/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
+++ b/php/src/Controller/DockerController.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ private function PerformRecursiveContainerStart(string $id, bool $pullImage = tr
         if ($pullImage) {
             if (!$this->dockerActionManager->isDockerHubReachable($container)) {
                 $pullImage = false;
-                error_log('Not pulling the image for the ' . $container->GetContainerName() . ' container because docker hub does not seem to be reachable.');
+                error_log('Not pulling the ' . $container->GetContainerName() . ' image for the ' . $container->GetIdentifier() . ' container because docker hub does not seem to be reachable.');
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
index e3d7c337f75b..3ec374996aca 100644
--- a/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
+++ b/php/src/Docker/DockerActionManager.php
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public function StartContainer(Container $container) : void {
         try {
             $this->guzzleClient->post($url);
         } catch (RequestException $e) {
-            throw new \Exception("Could not start container " . $container->GetIdentifier() . ": " . $e->getMessage());
+            throw new \Exception("Could not start container " . $container->GetIdentifier() . ": " . $e->getResponse()?->getBody()->getContents());
         }
     }
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ public function CreateContainer(Container $container) : void {
                 ]
             );
         } catch (RequestException $e) {
-            throw new \Exception("Could not create container " . $container->GetIdentifier() . ": " . $e->getMessage());
+            throw new \Exception("Could not create container " . $container->GetIdentifier() . ": " . $e->getResponse()?->getBody()->getContents());
         }
 
     }
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ public function PullImage(Container $container) : void
         try {
             $this->guzzleClient->post($url);
         } catch (RequestException $e) {
-            $message = "Could not pull image " . $imageName . ". Please run 'sudo docker exec -it nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer docker pull " . $imageName . "' in order to find out why it failed.";
+            $message = "Could not pull image " . $imageName . ": " . $e->getResponse()?->getBody()->getContents();
             if ($imageIsThere === false) {
                 throw new \Exception($message);
             } else {
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ private function ConnectContainerIdToNetwork(string $id, string $internalPort, s
             } catch (RequestException $e) {
                 // 409 is undocumented and gets thrown if the network already exists.
                 if ($e->getCode() !== 409) {
-                    throw new \Exception("Could not create the nextcloud-aio network: " . $e->getMessage());
+                    throw new \Exception("Could not create the nextcloud-aio network: " . $e->getResponse()?->getBody()->getContents());
                 }
             }
         }