diff --git a/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/controller.py b/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/controller.py
index fe6eca49f..98b7a0e49 100644
--- a/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/controller.py
+++ b/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/controller.py
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ class SysinvAPIController(APIController):
                                           os.path.basename(src_filepath))
             shutil.copyfile(src_filepath, load_file_path)
             LOG.info("copied %s to %s" % (src_filepath, load_file_path))
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
             msg = _("Failed to store load in vault. Please check "
-                    "dcorch log for details.")
+                    "dcorch log for more details: %s" % e)
             raise webob.exc.HTTPInsufficientStorage(explanation=msg)
         return load_file_path
 
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ class SysinvAPIController(APIController):
             error = False
         except webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError:
             raise
-        except Exception:
-            msg = _("Unexpected error copying load to vault")
+        except Exception as e:
+            msg = _("Unexpected error copying load to vault: %s" % e)
             raise webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=msg)
         finally:
             if error and os.path.exists(proxy_consts.LOAD_FILES_STAGING_DIR):
diff --git a/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/filter.py b/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/filter.py
index ddf16b685..d2da42766 100644
--- a/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/filter.py
+++ b/distributedcloud/dcorch/api/proxy/apps/filter.py
@@ -74,8 +74,13 @@ class ApiFiller(Middleware):
             # 1 time on internal temporary copy to be shared with sysinv
             if not utils.is_space_available("/scratch",
                                             3 * req.content_length):
-                msg = _("Insufficient space on /scratch for request %s"
-                        % req.path)
+                msg = _(
+                    "Insufficient space on /scratch for request %s, "
+                    "/scratch must have at least %d bytes of free space. "
+                    "You can delete unused files from /scratch or increase the size of it "
+                    "with: 'system host-fs-modify <hostname> scratch=<new_size_in_GiB>'"
+                ) % (req.path, 3 * req.content_length)
+
                 raise webob.exc.HTTPInternalServerError(explanation=msg)
 
         if ('HTTP_USER_HEADER' in req.environ and