diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 5ef216c466..048d732f94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #### General
 
 - \#2216 Fix Accept Multiline message on Windows (@leszko)
+- \#2218 Display http status codes in livepeer_cli (@noisersup)
 
 #### Broadcaster
 
diff --git a/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_rounds.go b/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_rounds.go
index 8f0e9c6f31..a0ee9a1c68 100644
--- a/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_rounds.go
+++ b/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_rounds.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func (w *wizard) currentRound() (*big.Int, error) {
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, errors.New("http response status not ok")
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("http response status %d", resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
diff --git a/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_stats.go b/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_stats.go
index 532900bf0e..350425a8a6 100644
--- a/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_stats.go
+++ b/cmd/livepeer_cli/wizard_stats.go
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func (w *wizard) currentBlock() (*big.Int, error) {
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, errors.New("http response status not ok")
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("http response status %d", resp.StatusCode))
 	}
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)