diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 9f547e7c..4555645e 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -285,10 +285,18 @@ func (c *Client) baseURLWithAzureDeployment(baseURL, suffix, model string) (newB
 }
 
 func (c *Client) handleErrorResp(resp *http.Response) error {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), "application/json") {
+		body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("error, status code: %d, status: %s, body: %s", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status, body)
+	}
 	var errRes ErrorResponse
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&errRes)
 	if err != nil || errRes.Error == nil {
 		reqErr := &RequestError{
+			HTTPStatus:     resp.Status,
 			HTTPStatusCode: resp.StatusCode,
 			Err:            err,
 		}
@@ -298,6 +306,7 @@ func (c *Client) handleErrorResp(resp *http.Response) error {
 		return reqErr
 	}
 
+	errRes.Error.HTTPStatus = resp.Status
 	errRes.Error.HTTPStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
 	return errRes.Error
 }
diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index 37959a27..1f6a8971 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type APIError struct {
 	Message        string      `json:"message"`
 	Param          *string     `json:"param,omitempty"`
 	Type           string      `json:"type"`
+	HTTPStatus     string      `json:"-"`
 	HTTPStatusCode int         `json:"-"`
 	InnerError     *InnerError `json:"innererror,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ type InnerError struct {
 
 // RequestError provides information about generic request errors.
 type RequestError struct {
+	HTTPStatus     string
 	HTTPStatusCode int
 	Err            error
 }
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ type ErrorResponse struct {
 
 func (e *APIError) Error() string {
 	if e.HTTPStatusCode > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("error, status code: %d, message: %s", e.HTTPStatusCode, e.Message)
+		return fmt.Sprintf("error, status code: %d, status: %s, message: %s", e.HTTPStatusCode, e.HTTPStatus, e.Message)
 	}
 
 	return e.Message
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ func (e *APIError) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (e *RequestError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("error, status code: %d, message: %s", e.HTTPStatusCode, e.Err)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("error, status code: %d, status: %s, message: %s", e.HTTPStatusCode, e.HTTPStatus, e.Err)
 }
 
 func (e *RequestError) Unwrap() error {