diff --git a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/monitor/ClusterMonitorActor.scala b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/monitor/ClusterMonitorActor.scala
index 9d5bfb0d976..75d0caa8967 100644
--- a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/monitor/ClusterMonitorActor.scala
+++ b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/monitor/ClusterMonitorActor.scala
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ class ClusterMonitorActor(val cluster: Cluster,
         for {
           // update the cluster status to Error
           _ <- dbRef.inTransaction { _.clusterQuery.updateClusterStatus(cluster.id, ClusterStatus.Error) }
+          _ <- Metrics.newRelic.incrementCounterFuture(s"AsyncClusterCreationFailure/${errorDetails.code}")
+
           // Remove the Dataproc Worker IAM role for the pet service account
           // Only happens if the cluster was created with the pet service account.
         } yield ShutdownActor(RemoveFromList(cluster))
diff --git a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/service/LeonardoService.scala b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/service/LeonardoService.scala
index 574ea4370e9..119ed0fcc17 100644
--- a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/service/LeonardoService.scala
+++ b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/service/LeonardoService.scala
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class LeonardoService(protected val dataprocConfig: DataprocConfig,
               s"'${updatedCluster.clusterName}' on Google project '${updatedCluster.googleProject}', " +
               s"and updated the database record accordingly. Will monitor the cluster creation process...")
           case Failure(e) =>
-            logger.error(s"[$traceId] Failed the asynchronous portion of the creation of cluster '$clusterName' " +
+            logger.error(s"[$traceId] Failed the google call portion of the creation of cluster '$clusterName' " +
               s"on Google project '$googleProject'.", e)
 
             // We also want to record the error in database for future reference.