diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/filter/ResponseStatusExceptionFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/filter/ResponseStatusExceptionFilter.java
index 895e900cd..6c2476291 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/filter/ResponseStatusExceptionFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/filter/ResponseStatusExceptionFilter.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.BadRequestException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.ConflictException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ public void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext, ClientResponseContext re
         }
     }
 
-    private String getBodyAsMessage(ClientResponseContext responseContext) throws IOException {
+    private String getBodyAsMessage(ClientResponseContext responseContext) {
         if (responseContext.hasEntity()) {
             try (InputStream entityStream = responseContext.getEntityStream()) {
                 Charset charset = null;
@@ -73,7 +76,17 @@ private String getBodyAsMessage(ClientResponseContext responseContext) throws IO
                     charset = Charset.defaultCharset();
                 }
 
-                return IOUtils.toString(entityStream, charset);
+                String message = IOUtils.toString(entityStream, charset);
+
+                if (MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE.equals(mediaType)) {
+                    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+                    JsonNode node = mapper.readTree(entityStream).get("message");
+                    if (node != null) {
+                        message = node.textValue();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return message;
             } catch (Exception ignored) { }
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/LoadImageCmdIT.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/LoadImageCmdIT.java
index 1660773c3..5734163f9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/LoadImageCmdIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/LoadImageCmdIT.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public void loadImageFromTar() throws Exception {
             dockerRule.getClient().loadImageCmd(uploadStream).exec();
         }
 
-        //swarm needs some time to refelct new images
+        //swarm needs some time to reflect new images
         synchronized (this) {
             wait(5000);
         }