diff --git a/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/error.go b/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/error.go
index 168e8dc17c..5a3262e21c 100644
--- a/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/error.go
+++ b/pkg/publicapi/apimodels/error.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func FromHttpResponse(resp *http.Response) (*APIError, error) {
 
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response body: %w")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response body: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	var apiErr APIError
diff --git a/pkg/publicapi/middleware/error_handler.go b/pkg/publicapi/middleware/error_handler.go
index 542462358a..3dbd2cbeca 100644
--- a/pkg/publicapi/middleware/error_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/publicapi/middleware/error_handler.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ func CustomHTTPErrorHandler(err error, c echo.Context) {
 
 	case *echo.HTTPError:
 		// This is needed, in case any other middleware throws an error. In
-		// such a scenario we just use it as the error code.
+		// such a scenario we just use it as the error code and the message.
+		// One such example being when request body size is larger then the max
+		// size accepted
 		code = e.Code
 		message = e.Message.(string)