diff --git a/release notes/upcoming.md b/release notes/upcoming.md
index 074fca582d5..b69e0ac5ce5 100644
--- a/release notes/upcoming.md	
+++ b/release notes/upcoming.md	
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Description of feature.
 ## UX
 
 * The consolidated user-supplied options (the final combination of config file options, exported script `options`, environment variables and command-line flags) are now exported back into the `options` script variable and can be accessed from the script. Thanks to @mohanprasaths for working on this! (#681 and #713)
+* Improved error messages when outputting results to or executing tests in the Load Impact cloud (#716)
 
 ## Bugs fixed!
 
diff --git a/stats/cloud/api_test.go b/stats/cloud/api_test.go
index a8d2ce82402..1fc6f58199c 100644
--- a/stats/cloud/api_test.go
+++ b/stats/cloud/api_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestAuthorizedError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, called)
 	assert.Nil(t, resp)
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, ErrNotAuthorized.Error())
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "403 Not allowed [err code 5]")
 }
 
 func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/stats/cloud/client.go b/stats/cloud/client.go
index 68a9a416791..ef69faf9944 100644
--- a/stats/cloud/client.go
+++ b/stats/cloud/client.go
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ func checkResponse(r *http.Response) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if r.StatusCode == 401 {
-		return ErrNotAuthenticated
-	} else if r.StatusCode == 403 {
-		return ErrNotAuthorized
-	}
-
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -175,6 +169,12 @@ func checkResponse(r *http.Response) error {
 		Error ErrorResponse `json:"error"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &payload); err != nil {
+		if r.StatusCode == http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			return ErrNotAuthenticated
+		}
+		if r.StatusCode == http.StatusForbidden {
+			return ErrNotAuthorized
+		}
 		return errors.Errorf(
 			"Unexpected HTTP error from %s: %d %s",
 			r.Request.URL,
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ func checkResponse(r *http.Response) error {
 			http.StatusText(r.StatusCode),
 		)
 	}
+	payload.Error.Response = r
 	return payload.Error
 }
 
diff --git a/stats/cloud/errors.go b/stats/cloud/errors.go
index 632509ee5f3..fbd2598cb08 100644
--- a/stats/cloud/errors.go
+++ b/stats/cloud/errors.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 package cloud
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ type ErrorResponse struct {
 
 func (e ErrorResponse) Error() string {
 	msg := e.Message
+	if e.Response != nil {
+		msg = fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", e.Response.StatusCode, msg)
+	}
 	if e.Code != 0 {
-		msg = strconv.Itoa(e.Code) + " " + msg
+		msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s [err code %d]", msg, e.Code)
 	}
 
 	var details []string