diff --git a/jc/parsers/ls_s.py b/jc/parsers/ls_s.py
index 96037a08..d230e924 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/ls_s.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/ls_s.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
                 continue
 
             if not re.match(r'[-dclpsbDCMnP?]([-r][-w][-xsS]){2}([-r][-w][-xtT])[+]?', line):
-                raise ParseError(f'Unable to parse line: {line.strip()[:40]}')
+                raise ParseError(f'Not ls -l data')
 
             parsed_line = line.strip().split(maxsplit=8)
             output_line = {}
diff --git a/jc/utils.py b/jc/utils.py
index a7ffa074..0a5c0476 100644
--- a/jc/utils.py
+++ b/jc/utils.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def stream_error(e, quiet, line):
             '_meta':
                 {
                     'success': False,
-                    'error': 'error parsing line',
+                    'error': f'{e}',
                     'line': line.strip()
                 }
         }