diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a306081..13104a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ client.create_private_message(                  #=> Creates a private messages b
 
 ```
 
+You can handle some basic errors by rescuing from certain error classes and inspecting the response object passed to those errors:
+
+```ruby
+begin
+  client.create_group({ name: 'NO' })
+rescue DiscourseApi::UnprocessableEntity => error
+  # `body` is something like `{ errors: ["Name must be at least 3 characters"] }`
+  # This outputs "Name must be at least 3 characters"
+  puts error.response.body['errors'].first
+end
+```
+
+Check out [lib/discourse_api/error.rb](lib/discourse_api/error.rb) and [lib/discourse_api/client.rb](lib/discourse_api/client.rb)'s `handle_error` method for the types of errors raised by the API.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/lib/discourse_api/client.rb b/lib/discourse_api/client.rb
index 9070ed0..391070c 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_api/client.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_api/client.rb
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ def request(method, path, params={})
     def handle_error(response)
       case response.status
       when 403
-        raise DiscourseApi::UnauthenticatedError.new(response.env[:body])
+        raise DiscourseApi::UnauthenticatedError.new(response.env[:body], response.env)
       when 404, 410
-        raise DiscourseApi::NotFoundError.new(response.env[:body])
+        raise DiscourseApi::NotFoundError.new(response.env[:body], response.env)
       when 422
-        raise DiscourseApi::UnprocessableEntity.new(response.env[:body])
+        raise DiscourseApi::UnprocessableEntity.new(response.env[:body], response.env)
       when 429
-        raise DiscourseApi::TooManyRequests.new(response.env[:body])
+        raise DiscourseApi::TooManyRequests.new(response.env[:body], response.env)
       when 500...600
         raise DiscourseApi::Error.new(response.env[:body])
       end
diff --git a/lib/discourse_api/error.rb b/lib/discourse_api/error.rb
index 11a450a..9124aa0 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_api/error.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_api/error.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 module DiscourseApi
   class DiscourseError < StandardError
+    attr_reader :response
+
+    def initialize(message, response = nil)
+      super(message)
+      @response = response
+    end
   end
 
   class Error < DiscourseError