diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 465f16f4a..c7859a2d3 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Remove support for <postgres/> 8.3.</p>
                     </release-item>
+
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Improve <proper>S3</proper> error reporting.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-refactor-list>
             </release-core-list>
 
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Http/Client.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Http/Client.pm
index d5baf3d3e..e6e8eda8c 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Http/Client.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Common/Http/Client.pm
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ sub new
     # Read the response headers
     $self->{iContentLength} = undef;
 
-    my $strResponseHeader = '';
+    $self->{strResponseHeader} = '';
     my $strHeader = trim($self->readLine());
 
     while ($strHeader ne '')
     {
         # Validate header
-        $strResponseHeader .= "${strHeader}\n";
+        $self->{strResponseHeader} .= "${strHeader}\n";
 
         my $iColonPos = index($strHeader, ':');
 
@@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ sub responseBody
 # Properties.
 ####################################################################################################################################
 sub contentLength {shift->{iContentLength}}                         # Content length if available (-1 means not known yet)
+sub requestHeaderText {trim(shift->{strRequestHeader})}
 sub responseCode {shift->{iResponseCode}}
 sub responseHeader {shift->{hResponseHeader}}
+sub responseHeaderText {trim(shift->{strResponseHeader})}
 sub responseMessage {shift->{strResponseMessage}}
 sub responseProtocol {shift->{strResponseProtocol}}
 
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Storage/S3/Request.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Storage/S3/Request.pm
index 9bcf0eba6..dee954f11 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Storage/S3/Request.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Storage/S3/Request.pm
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ sub request
 
             confess &log(ERROR,
                 "S3 request error [$iReponseCode] " . $oHttpClient->responseMessage() .
-                    (defined($$rstrResponseBody) ? ":\n${$rstrResponseBody}" : ''),
+                    "\n*** request header ***\n" . $oHttpClient->requestHeaderText() .
+                    "\n*** reponse header ***\n" . $oHttpClient->responseHeaderText() .
+                    (defined($$rstrResponseBody) ? "\n*** response body ***\n${$rstrResponseBody}" : ''),
                 ERROR_PROTOCOL);
         }
     }