diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 0485f731f..9071c330c 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
       {
         LOG_PRINT_L1("tx used wrong inputs, rejected");
         tvc.m_verifivation_failed = true;
+        tvc.m_invalid_input = true;
         return false;
       }
     }else
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index 680d69d79..e814dcc1e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ using namespace epee;
 #define MAX_RESTRICTED_FAKE_OUTS_COUNT 40
 #define MAX_RESTRICTED_GLOBAL_FAKE_OUTS_COUNT 500
 
+namespace
+{
+  void add_reason(std::string &reasons, const char *reason)
+  {
+    if (!reasons.empty())
+      reasons += ", ";
+    reasons += reason;
+  }
+}
+
 namespace cryptonote
 {
 
@@ -632,31 +642,33 @@ namespace cryptonote
     tx_verification_context tvc = AUTO_VAL_INIT(tvc);
     if(!m_core.handle_incoming_tx(tx_blob, tvc, false, false, req.do_not_relay) || tvc.m_verifivation_failed)
     {
+      res.status = "Failed";
+      res.reason = "";
+      if ((res.low_mixin = tvc.m_low_mixin))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "ring size too small");
+      if ((res.double_spend = tvc.m_double_spend))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "double spend");
+      if ((res.invalid_input = tvc.m_invalid_input))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "invalid input");
+      if ((res.invalid_output = tvc.m_invalid_output))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "invalid output");
+      if ((res.too_big = tvc.m_too_big))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "too big");
+      if ((res.overspend = tvc.m_overspend))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "overspend");
+      if ((res.fee_too_low = tvc.m_fee_too_low))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "fee too low");
+      if ((res.not_rct = tvc.m_not_rct))
+        add_reason(res.reason, "tx is not ringct");
+      const std::string punctuation = res.reason.empty() ? "" : ": ";
       if (tvc.m_verifivation_failed)
       {
-        LOG_PRINT_L0("[on_send_raw_tx]: tx verification failed");
+        LOG_PRINT_L0("[on_send_raw_tx]: tx verification failed" << punctuation << res.reason);
       }
       else
       {
-        LOG_PRINT_L0("[on_send_raw_tx]: Failed to process tx");
+        LOG_PRINT_L0("[on_send_raw_tx]: Failed to process tx" << punctuation << res.reason);
       }
-      res.status = "Failed";
-      if ((res.low_mixin = tvc.m_low_mixin))
-        res.reason = "ring size too small";
-      if ((res.double_spend = tvc.m_double_spend))
-        res.reason = "double spend";
-      if ((res.invalid_input = tvc.m_invalid_input))
-        res.reason = "invalid input";
-      if ((res.invalid_output = tvc.m_invalid_output))
-        res.reason = "invalid output";
-      if ((res.too_big = tvc.m_too_big))
-        res.reason = "too big";
-      if ((res.overspend = tvc.m_overspend))
-        res.reason = "overspend";
-      if ((res.fee_too_low = tvc.m_fee_too_low))
-        res.reason = "fee too low";
-      if ((res.not_rct = tvc.m_not_rct))
-        res.reason = "tx is not ringct";
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index 575b711d5..d625634c8 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -3511,6 +3511,9 @@ bool simple_wallet::submit_transfer(const std::vector<std::string> &args_)
   catch (const tools::error::tx_rejected& e)
   {
     fail_msg_writer() << (boost::format(tr("transaction %s was rejected by daemon with status: ")) % get_transaction_hash(e.tx())) << e.status();
+    std::string reason = e.reason();
+    if (!reason.empty())
+      fail_msg_writer() << tr("Reason: ") << reason;
   }
   catch (const tools::error::tx_sum_overflow& e)
   {