diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index f84af6b6724..f6fe75cd591 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
             s_logger.debug("after resize, size reports as " + finalSize + ", requested " + newSize);
             return new ResizeVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, "success", finalSize);
         } catch (CloudRuntimeException e) {
-            String error = "failed to resize volume: " + e;
+            String error = "Failed to resize volume: " + e.getMessage();
             s_logger.debug(error);
             return new ResizeVolumeAnswer(cmd, false, error);
         }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
index c6258a207bd..8a2488dd3f8 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/resource/VmwareResource.java
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
             VirtualDisk disk = vdisk.first();
             long oldSize = disk.getCapacityInKB();
             if (newSize < oldSize) {
-                throw new Exception("VMware doesn't support shrinking volume from larger size: " + oldSize + " MB to a smaller size: " + newSize + " MB");
+                throw new Exception("VMware doesn't support shrinking volume from larger size: " + oldSize/(1024*1024) + " GB to a smaller size: "
+                        + newSize/(1024*1024) + " GB");
             } else if (newSize == oldSize) {
                 return new ResizeVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, "success", newSize * 1024);
             }
@@ -582,7 +583,7 @@ public class VmwareResource implements StoragePoolResource, ServerResource, Vmwa
             return new ResizeVolumeAnswer(cmd, true, "success", newSize * 1024);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             s_logger.error("Unable to resize volume", e);
-            String error = "failed to resize volume:" + e;
+            String error = "Failed to resize volume: " + e.getMessage();
             return new ResizeVolumeAnswer(cmd, false, error);
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
index 7ec4798afab..5a83ac9d055 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/VolumeApiServiceImpl.java
@@ -925,6 +925,9 @@ public class VolumeApiServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements VolumeApiServic
                     if (jobResult instanceof ConcurrentOperationException) {
                         throw (ConcurrentOperationException)jobResult;
                     }
+                    else if (jobResult instanceof RuntimeException) {
+                        throw (RuntimeException)jobResult;
+                    }
                     else if (jobResult instanceof Throwable) {
                         throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected exception", (Throwable)jobResult);
                     }
@@ -1000,7 +1003,11 @@ public class VolumeApiServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements VolumeApiServic
             VolumeApiResult result = future.get();
             if (result.isFailed()) {
                 s_logger.warn("Failed to resize the volume " + volume);
-                return null;
+                String details = "";
+                if (result.getResult() != null && !result.getResult().isEmpty()) {
+                    details = result.getResult();
+                }
+                throw new CloudRuntimeException(details);
             }
 
             volume = _volsDao.findById(volume.getId());
@@ -1029,16 +1036,12 @@ public class VolumeApiServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements VolumeApiServic
             } else {
                 _resourceLimitMgr.decrementResourceCount(volume.getAccountId(), ResourceType.primary_storage, volume.isDisplayVolume(), new Long(currentSize - newSize));
             }
-            return volume;
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             s_logger.warn("failed get resize volume result", e);
         } catch (ExecutionException e) {
             s_logger.warn("failed get resize volume result", e);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            s_logger.warn("failed get resize volume result", e);
         }
-
-        return null;
+        return volume;
     }
 
     @Override