diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/decommission/DecommissionController.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/decommission/DecommissionController.java
index 42ffd32505e96..caf0ca64981fb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/decommission/DecommissionController.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/decommission/DecommissionController.java
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public void handleResponse(NodesStatsResponse response) {
 
                 @Override
                 public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
-                    logger.warn("Failure occurred while dumping connection for decommission nodes. [{}]", exp);
+                    logger.warn("Failure occurred while dumping connection for decommission nodes - [{}]", exp.unwrapCause().getMessage());
                 }
 
                 @Override