diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/logs.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/logs.rs
index 9f8b9d8a6d..b6e8eeb36c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/logs.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/logs.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ impl LogExporter for TonicLogsClient {
                 let (m, e, _) = inner
                     .interceptor
                     .call(Request::new(()))
-                    .map_err(|e| OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(format!("error: {e:?}")))?
+                    .map_err(|e| {
+                        otel_debug!(
+                            name: "TonicLogsClient.InterceptorFailed",
+                            grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                            grpc_message = e.message(),
+                            grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                        );
+                        OTelSdkError::InternalFailure("Logs export failed in interceptor".into())
+                    })?
                     .into_parts();
                 (inner.client.clone(), m, e)
             }
@@ -88,9 +96,13 @@ impl LogExporter for TonicLogsClient {
                 Ok(())
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                let error = format!("export error: {e:?}");
-                otel_debug!(name: "TonicLogsClient.ExportFailed", error = &error);
-                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(error))
+                otel_debug!(
+                    name: "TonicLogsClient.ExportFailed",
+                    grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                    grpc_message = e.message(),
+                    grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                );
+                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure("Logs export failed".into()))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/metrics.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/metrics.rs
index 13813c7305..9aab764a17 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/metrics.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/metrics.rs
@@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ impl MetricsClient for TonicMetricsClient {
                         .interceptor
                         .call(Request::new(()))
                         .map_err(|e| {
-                            OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(format!(
-                                "unexpected status while exporting {e:?}"
-                            ))
+                            otel_debug!(
+                                name: "TonicMetricsClient.InterceptorFailed",
+                                grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                                grpc_message = e.message(),
+                                grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                            );
+                            OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(
+                                "Metrics export failed in interceptor".into(),
+                            )
                         })?
                         .into_parts();
                     Ok((inner.client.clone(), m, e))
@@ -91,9 +97,15 @@ impl MetricsClient for TonicMetricsClient {
                 Ok(())
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                let error = format!("{e:?}");
-                otel_debug!(name: "TonicMetricsClient.ExportFailed", error = &error);
-                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(error))
+                otel_debug!(
+                    name: "TonicMetricsClient.ExportFailed",
+                    grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                    grpc_message = e.message(),
+                    grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                );
+                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(
+                    "Metrics export failed".into(),
+                ))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/trace.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/trace.rs
index 4378c37a04..98bb2d44e3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/trace.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/exporter/tonic/trace.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,15 @@ impl SpanExporter for TonicTracesClient {
                     .lock()
                     .await // tokio::sync::Mutex doesn't return a poisoned error, so we can safely use the interceptor here
                     .call(Request::new(()))
-                    .map_err(|e| OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(format!("error: {e:?}")))?
+                    .map_err(|e| {
+                        otel_debug!(
+                            name: "TonicTracesClient.InterceptorFailed",
+                            grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                            grpc_message = e.message(),
+                            grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                        );
+                        OTelSdkError::InternalFailure("Traces export failed in interceptor".into())
+                    })?
                     .into_parts();
                 (inner.client.clone(), m, e)
             }
@@ -92,9 +100,13 @@ impl SpanExporter for TonicTracesClient {
                 Ok(())
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                let error = e.to_string();
-                otel_debug!(name: "TonicTracesClient.ExportFailed", error = &error);
-                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure(error))
+                otel_debug!(
+                    name: "TonicTracesClient.ExportFailed",
+                    grpc_code = format!("{:?}", e.code()),
+                    grpc_message = e.message(),
+                    grpc_details = format!("{:?}", e.details())
+                );
+                Err(OTelSdkError::InternalFailure("Traces export failed".into()))
             }
         }
     }