diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index e05a5471..0f3d3e1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.1.0] - 2023-04-05
+### Changed 
+  - Credential files error reporting to help users identify the credentials issues
+
 ## [1.0.9] - 2023-01-25
 ### Added
   - Add `tentaclio.streams.api.make_empty_safe` to modify the standard behavoir of creating 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3708a129..77e6cfb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 
 
-VERSION = "1.0.9"
+VERSION = "1.1.0"
 
 REPO_ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
 
diff --git a/src/tentaclio/credentials/__init__.py b/src/tentaclio/credentials/__init__.py
index a1634c46..3d2bbb81 100644
--- a/src/tentaclio/credentials/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tentaclio/credentials/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 """Credential management module."""
 from .api import *  # noqa
 from .injection import *  # noqa
+from .reader import TentaclioFileError  # noqa
diff --git a/src/tentaclio/credentials/reader.py b/src/tentaclio/credentials/reader.py
index a591b2b8..b297e7b0 100644
--- a/src/tentaclio/credentials/reader.py
+++ b/src/tentaclio/credentials/reader.py
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
 TENTACLIO_SECRETS_FILE = "TENTACLIO__SECRETS_FILE"
 
 
+class TentaclioFileError(Exception):
+    """Tentaclio secrets file errors."""
+
+    TENTACLIO_FILE = os.getenv(TENTACLIO_SECRETS_FILE, "<unknown file>")
+    ERROR_TEMPLATE = """
+#########################################
+
+Your tentaclio secrets file is malformed:
+
+File: {tentaclio_file}
+
+{message}
+
+Check https://github.com/octoenergy/tentaclio#credentials-file for more info about this file
+"""
+
+    def __init__(self, message: str):
+        """Intialise a new TentaclioFileError."""
+        message = self.ERROR_TEMPLATE.format(message=message, tentaclio_file=self.TENTACLIO_FILE)
+        super().__init__(message)
+
+
 def add_credentials_from_env_file(
     injector: injection.CredentialsInjector,
 ) -> injection.CredentialsInjector:
@@ -29,10 +51,27 @@ def add_credentials_from_env_file(
     return injector
 
 
+def _process_mark_error(error: yaml.MarkedYAMLError) -> str:
+    error_str = ""
+    if error.problem_mark is not None:
+        error_str += str(error.problem) + "\n"
+        error_str += str(error.problem_mark) + "\n"
+    if error.context_mark is not None:
+        error_str += str(error.context) + "\n"
+        error_str += str(error.context_mark) + "\n"
+    return error_str
+
+
 def _load_creds_from_yaml(yaml_reader: protocols.Reader) -> dict:
-    loaded_data = yaml.safe_load(io.StringIO(yaml_reader.read()))
+    try:
+        loaded_data = yaml.safe_load(io.StringIO(yaml_reader.read()))
+    except yaml.MarkedYAMLError as error:
+        raise TentaclioFileError(_process_mark_error(error))
+
     if SECRETS not in loaded_data:
-        raise KeyError(f"no secrets in yaml data. Make sure the file has a '{SECRETS}' element")
+        raise TentaclioFileError(
+            "No secrets in yaml data. Make sure the file has a `secrets:` element"
+        )
     return loaded_data[SECRETS]
 
 
@@ -43,8 +82,7 @@ def _load_from_file(
         with open(path, "r") as f:
             return add_credentials_from_reader(injector, f)
     except IOError as e:
-        logger.error("Error while loading secrets file {path}")
-        raise e
+        raise TentaclioFileError("File not found") from e
 
 
 def add_credentials_from_reader(
diff --git a/tests/unit/credentials/test_reader.py b/tests/unit/credentials/test_reader.py
index 962e349a..6256f127 100644
--- a/tests/unit/credentials/test_reader.py
+++ b/tests/unit/credentials/test_reader.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from tentaclio import urls
-from tentaclio.credentials import injection, reader
+from tentaclio.credentials import TentaclioFileError, injection, reader
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ def creds_yaml_bad_url():
 
 
 def test_bad_yaml():
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+    with pytest.raises(TentaclioFileError):
         data = io.StringIO("sadfsaf")
         reader.add_credentials_from_reader(injection.CredentialsInjector(), data)
 
 
 def test_no_credentials_in_file(no_creds_yaml):
-    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+    with pytest.raises(TentaclioFileError):
         data = io.StringIO(no_creds_yaml)
         reader.add_credentials_from_reader(injection.CredentialsInjector(), data)