diff --git a/tempest/common/waiters.py b/tempest/common/waiters.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e1b8cf5..11f3bf9
--- a/tempest/common/waiters.py
+++ b/tempest/common/waiters.py
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@
                      '/'.join((server_status, str(task_state))),
                      time.time() - start_time)
         if server_status == 'ERROR' and not ignore_error:
-            raise lib_exc.DeleteErrorException(resource_id=server_id)
+            raise lib_exc.DeleteErrorException(
+                "Server %s failed to delete and is in ERROR status" %
+                server_id)
 
         if int(time.time()) - start_time >= client.build_timeout:
             raise lib_exc.TimeoutException
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
index 2dbdd11..a93c76e 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@
         except lib_exc.NotFound:
             return True
         if volume["volume"]["status"] == "error_deleting":
-            raise lib_exc.DeleteErrorException(resource_id=id)
+            raise lib_exc.DeleteErrorException(
+                "Volume %s failed to delete and is in error_deleting status" %
+                volume['id'])
         return False
 
     @property