diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index 54750ac7..c8aeef88 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -144,7 +144,16 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
                     proxies=self.proxies,
                     verify=self.verify,
                 )
-            except (ConnectionError, Timeout) as exc:
+            except ConnectionError as exc:
+                try:
+                    reason = exc.args[0].reason
+                    cls = reason.__class__.__name__
+                    pre, _, err = str(reason.args[-1]).partition(":")
+                    msg = "{}: {}".format(cls, (err or pre).lstrip())
+                except Exception:
+                    msg = str(exc)
+                continue
+            except Timeout as exc:
                 msg = str(exc)
                 continue
             except Exception as exc:
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
index c0f4d9c1..ddb60c55 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -172,8 +172,16 @@ class Extractor():
         while True:
             try:
                 response = session.request(method, url, **kwargs)
-            except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
-                    requests.exceptions.Timeout,
+            except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as exc:
+                code = 0
+                try:
+                    reason = exc.args[0].reason
+                    cls = reason.__class__.__name__
+                    pre, _, err = str(reason.args[-1]).partition(":")
+                    msg = " {}: {}".format(cls, (err or pre).lstrip())
+                except Exception:
+                    msg = exc
+            except (requests.exceptions.Timeout,
                     requests.exceptions.ChunkedEncodingError,
                     requests.exceptions.ContentDecodingError) as exc:
                 msg = exc