diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 46d325f31..f4b000acf 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -622,7 +622,9 @@ class Coder:
             requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
         ),
         max_tries=10,
-        on_backoff=lambda details: print(f"Retry in {details['wait']} seconds."),
+        on_backoff=lambda details: print(
+            f"{details.get('exception','Exception')}\nRetry in {details['wait']:.1f} seconds."
+        ),
     )
     def send_with_retries(self, model, messages, functions):
         kwargs = dict(