diff --git a/elasticsearch/helpers/actions.py b/elasticsearch/helpers/actions.py
index 87fcc305d..3042de044 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/helpers/actions.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/helpers/actions.py
@@ -524,14 +524,34 @@ def scan(
                     resp["_shards"]["skipped"],
                     resp["_shards"]["total"],
                 )
+
+                resp_failures = resp["_shards"].get("failures")
+                failures = []
+                if resp_failures is not None:
+                    for i in range(5):
+                        if i < len(resp_failures):
+                            failure = "Failure type[%s] received with reason: %s" % (
+                                resp_failures[i]["reason"]["type"],
+                                resp_failures[i]["reason"]["reason"],
+                            )
+                            failures.append(failure)
+                            logger.warning(failure)
+
+                    if len(resp_failures) > 5:
+                        omitted_failures = len(resp_failures) - 5
+                        failures.append(
+                            "...and %d more omitted failures" % omitted_failures
+                        )
                 if raise_on_error:
                     raise ScanError(
                         scroll_id,
-                        "Scroll request has only succeeded on %d (+%d skiped) shards out of %d."
+                        "Scroll request has only succeeded on %d (+%d skipped) shards out of %d.\n"
+                        "%s"
                         % (
                             resp["_shards"]["successful"],
                             resp["_shards"]["skipped"],
                             resp["_shards"]["total"],
+                            "\n".join(failures),
                         ),
                     )
             resp = client.scroll(