diff --git a/doc/queries.md b/doc/queries.md
index 140f2596..87e2c5cb 100644
--- a/doc/queries.md
+++ b/doc/queries.md
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ Result:
  See [Elasticsearch documentation on Cardinality](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-aggregations-metrics-cardinality-aggregation.html)
 
 > **Note**
-> curenntly does not support nested feilds
+> currently does not support nested fields
 
  Example:
 
diff --git a/src/components/Utils/queries.js b/src/components/Utils/queries.js
index 7c9c9b4b..5f996eb9 100644
--- a/src/components/Utils/queries.js
+++ b/src/components/Utils/queries.js
@@ -412,12 +412,13 @@ export const askGuppyForTotalCounts = (
   }).then((response) => response.json())
     .then((response) => {
       if (response.errors) {
-        throw new Error(`Error during download ${response.errors}`);
+        let errMsgs = response.errors.map(e => e.message).join('; ')
+        throw new Error(`Error during download: ${errMsgs}`);
       }
       return response.data._aggregation[type]._totalCount;
     })
     .catch((err) => {
-      throw new Error(`Error during download ${err}`);
+      throw new Error(`Error during download: ${err}`);
     });
 };