diff --git a/parsl/jobs/errors.py b/parsl/jobs/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d42f429be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parsl/jobs/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from parsl.errors import ParslError
+
+
+class TooManyJobFailuresError(ParslError):
+    """Indicates that executor is shut down because of too many block failures.
+    """
+    pass
diff --git a/parsl/jobs/simple_error_handler.py b/parsl/jobs/simple_error_handler.py
index 72481c6932..c39ef505df 100644
--- a/parsl/jobs/simple_error_handler.py
+++ b/parsl/jobs/simple_error_handler.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import parsl.executors.status_handling as status_handling
 from parsl.jobs.states import JobStatus, JobState
+from parsl.jobs.errors import TooManyJobFailuresError
 
 
 def simple_error_handler(executor: status_handling.BlockProviderExecutor, status: Dict[str, JobStatus], threshold: int):
@@ -27,18 +28,25 @@ def _get_error(status: Dict[str, JobStatus]) -> Exception:
     err = ""
     count = 1
     for js in status.values():
+        err = err + f"Error {count}:\n"
+        count += 1
+
         if js.message is not None:
-            err = err + "{}. {}\n".format(count, js.message)
-            count += 1
+            err = err + f"\t{js.message}\n"
+
+        if js.exit_code is not None:
+            err = err + f"\tEXIT CODE: {js.exit_code}\n"
+
         stdout = js.stdout_summary
         if stdout:
             err = err + "\tSTDOUT: {}\n".format(stdout)
+
         stderr = js.stderr_summary
         if stderr:
             err = err + "\tSTDERR: {}\n".format(stderr)
 
     if len(err) == 0:
-        err = "[No error message received]"
+        err = "No error messages received"
     # wrapping things in an exception here doesn't really help in providing more information
     # than the string itself
-    return Exception(err)
+    return TooManyJobFailuresError(err)