diff --git a/client/js/upload.js b/client/js/upload.js
index f0e9dfba..6a7af160 100644
--- a/client/js/upload.js
+++ b/client/js/upload.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Uploader {
 					// if there is still data to be uploaded. Servers will only error in extreme cases like bad
 					// authentication or server-side errors.
 					response = {
-						error: "Connection aborted",
+						error: `Upload aborted: HTTP ${xhr.status}`,
 					};
 				}