diff --git a/src/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.ts b/src/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.ts
index 3f094e459c..93b5545ac6 100644
--- a/src/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.ts
+++ b/src/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@ export class IdentityProviderFactory implements ProviderFactory {
     config.renderError = async(ctx: KoaContextWithOIDC, out: ErrorOut, error: Error): Promise<void> => {
       // This allows us to stream directly to the response object, see https://github.com/koajs/koa/issues/944
       ctx.respond = false;
+
+      // OIDC library hides extra details in this field
+      if (out.error_description) {
+        error.message += ` - ${out.error_description}`;
+      }
+
       const result = await this.errorHandler.handleSafe({ error, preferences: { type: { 'text/plain': 1 }}});
       await this.responseWriter.handleSafe({ response: ctx.res, result });
     };
diff --git a/test/unit/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.test.ts b/test/unit/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.test.ts
index ceffb5a6d7..10b4aa10fd 100644
--- a/test/unit/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/identity/configuration/IdentityProviderFactory.test.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('An IdentityProviderFactory', (): void => {
 
     // Test the renderError function
     const response = { } as HttpResponse;
-    await expect((config.renderError as any)({ res: response }, null, 'error!')).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect((config.renderError as any)({ res: response }, {}, 'error!')).resolves.toBeUndefined();
     expect(errorHandler.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(errorHandler.handleSafe)
       .toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ error: 'error!', preferences: { type: { 'text/plain': 1 }}});
@@ -191,4 +191,22 @@ describe('An IdentityProviderFactory', (): void => {
     expect(storage.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith('jwks', result1.config.jwks);
     expect(storage.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cookie-secret', result1.config.cookies?.keys);
   });
+
+  it('updates errors if there is more information.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+    const provider = await factory.getProvider() as any;
+    const { config } = provider as { config: Configuration };
+    const response = { } as HttpResponse;
+
+    const error = new Error('bad data');
+    const out = { error_description: 'more info' };
+
+    await expect((config.renderError as any)({ res: response }, out, error)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(errorHandler.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(errorHandler.handleSafe)
+      .toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ error, preferences: { type: { 'text/plain': 1 }}});
+    expect(responseWriter.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(responseWriter.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ response, result: { statusCode: 500 }});
+    expect(error.message).toBe('bad data - more info');
+    expect(error.stack).toContain('Error: bad data - more info');
+  });
 });