diff --git a/Koha/Items.pm b/Koha/Items.pm
index 862631fbfb..90525e2f33 100644
--- a/Koha/Items.pm
+++ b/Koha/Items.pm
@@ -584,7 +584,9 @@ sub batch_update {
             )
         } catch {
             push @errors, {
-                error => eval { $_->{error} } || "$_",
+                itemnumber => $item->itemnumber,
+                barcode    => $item->barcode,
+                error      => eval { $_->message } || eval { $_->error } || "$_",
             };
             warn $_
         };
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/background_jobs/batch_item_record_modification.inc b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/background_jobs/batch_item_record_modification.inc
index ba400992a2..a889154774 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/background_jobs/batch_item_record_modification.inc
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/includes/background_jobs/batch_item_record_modification.inc
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
                 <div class="alert alert-warning">
                     [% SET error_items_count = report.errors.size %]
                     <span>[% tnx('{count} item could not be modified.', '{count} items could not be modified.', error_items_count, { count = error_items_count }) | html %]</span>
+                    <ul>
+                        [% FOR error IN report.errors %]
+                            <li>
+                                [% error.barcode | html %]
+                                [% IF error.error == 'intransit_cannot_withdraw' %]
+                                    : [% t('Item is in transit') | html %]
+                                [% ELSIF error.error == 'onloan_cannot_withdraw' %]
+                                    : [% t('Item is checked out') | html %]
+                                [% ELSE %]
+                                    : [% error.error | html %]
+                                [% END %]
+                            </li>
+                        [% END %]
+                    </ul>
                 </div>
             [% END %]
         </div>