diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClient.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClient.java
index 40170820..9a5b6a62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClient.java
@@ -741,10 +741,10 @@ private RequestNotOkException mapException(final Response res, final Request req
     String bodyString = res.body() != null ? res.body().string() : "";
     if (res.code() == FORBIDDEN) {
       if (bodyString.contains("Repository was archived so is read-only")) {
-        return new ReadOnlyRepositoryException(request.url().encodedPath(), res.code(), bodyString);
+        return new ReadOnlyRepositoryException(request.method(), request.url().encodedPath(), res.code(), bodyString);
       }
     }
-    return new RequestNotOkException(request.url().encodedPath(), res.code(), bodyString);
+    return new RequestNotOkException(request.method(), request.url().encodedPath(), res.code(), bodyString);
   }
 
   CompletableFuture<Response> processPossibleRedirects(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/RepositoryClient.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/RepositoryClient.java
index 74fe1808..9727d4e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/RepositoryClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/RepositoryClient.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/ReadOnlyRepositoryException.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/ReadOnlyRepositoryException.java
index 29769561..91919091 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/ReadOnlyRepositoryException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/ReadOnlyRepositoryException.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ public class ReadOnlyRepositoryException extends RequestNotOkException {
   /**
    * Instantiates a new Read only repository exception.
    *
+   * @param method HTTP method
    * @param path the path
    * @param statusCode the status code
    * @param msg the msg
    */
-  public ReadOnlyRepositoryException(final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
-    super(path, statusCode, msg);
+  public ReadOnlyRepositoryException(
+      final String method, final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
+    super(method, path, statusCode, msg);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/RequestNotOkException.java b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/RequestNotOkException.java
index d3ac8674..c5852a54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/RequestNotOkException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/spotify/github/v3/exceptions/RequestNotOkException.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -38,23 +38,28 @@
 public class RequestNotOkException extends GithubException {
 
   private final int statusCode;
+  private final String method;
   private final String path;
   private final String msg;
 
-  private static String decoratedMessage(final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
-    return String.format("%s %d: %s", path, statusCode, msg);
+  private static String decoratedMessage(
+      final String method, final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
+    return String.format("%s %s %d: %s", method, path, statusCode, msg);
   }
 
   /**
    * Response to request came back with non-2xx status code
    *
+   * @param method HTTP method
    * @param path URI path
    * @param statusCode status of repsonse
    * @param msg response body
    */
-  public RequestNotOkException(final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
-    super(decoratedMessage(path, statusCode, msg));
+  public RequestNotOkException(
+      final String method, final String path, final int statusCode, final String msg) {
+    super(decoratedMessage(method, path, statusCode, msg));
     this.statusCode = statusCode;
+    this.method = method;
     this.path = path;
     this.msg = msg;
   }
@@ -77,6 +82,15 @@ public int statusCode() {
     return statusCode;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get request HTTP method
+   *
+   * @return method
+   */
+  public String method() {
+    return method;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get request URI path
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/opencensus/OpenCensusSpanTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/opencensus/OpenCensusSpanTest.java
index 59428b7e..73f9c354 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/opencensus/OpenCensusSpanTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/opencensus/OpenCensusSpanTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void succeed() {
     @Test
     public void fail() {
         final Span span = new OpenCensusSpan(wrapped);
-        span.failure(new RequestNotOkException("path", 404, "Not found"));
+        span.failure(new RequestNotOkException("method", "path", 404, "Not found"));
         span.close();
 
         verify(wrapped).setStatus(Status.UNKNOWN);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public void fail() {
     @Test
     public void failOnServerError() {
         final Span span = new OpenCensusSpan(wrapped);
-        span.failure(new RequestNotOkException("path", 500, "Internal Server Error"));
+        span.failure(new RequestNotOkException("method", "path", 500, "Internal Server Error"));
         span.close();
 
         verify(wrapped).setStatus(Status.UNKNOWN);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClientTest.java
index fc1e5a2c..57eba069 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/github/v3/clients/GitHubClientTest.java
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ public void testRequestNotOkException() throws Throwable {
       assertThat(e.getCause() instanceof RequestNotOkException, is(true));
       RequestNotOkException e1 = (RequestNotOkException) e.getCause();
       assertThat(e1.statusCode(), is(409));
+      assertThat(e1.method(), is("POST"));
+      assertThat(e1.path(), is("/repos/testorg/testrepo/merges"));
+      assertThat(e1.getMessage(), containsString("POST"));
+      assertThat(e1.getMessage(), containsString("/repos/testorg/testrepo/merges"));
       assertThat(e1.getMessage(), containsString("Merge Conflict"));
       assertThat(e1.getRawMessage(), containsString("Merge Conflict"));
     }