diff --git a/internal/api/hooks.go b/internal/api/hooks.go
index 3a5512d40e..14e2b3cd4b 100644
--- a/internal/api/hooks.go
+++ b/internal/api/hooks.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (a *API) runHTTPHook(r *http.Request, hookConfig conf.ExtensibilityPointCon
 		case http.StatusUnauthorized:
 			return nil, internalServerError("Hook requires authorization token")
 		default:
-			return nil, internalServerError("Error executing Hook")
+			return nil, internalServerError("Unexpected status code returned from hook: %d", rsp.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil, nil