diff --git a/modules/dt.ui.ReplyWidget.js b/modules/dt.ui.ReplyWidget.js
index a03732716..f55a252b7 100644
--- a/modules/dt.ui.ReplyWidget.js
+++ b/modules/dt.ui.ReplyWidget.js
@@ -779,6 +779,13 @@ ReplyWidget.prototype.onReplyClick = function () {
 			widget.errorMessage.$element.insertBefore( widget.replyBodyWidget.$element );
 		}
 
+		// Log more precise error codes, mw.Api just gives us 'http' in all of these cases
+		if ( data.textStatus === 'timeout' || data.textStatus === 'abort' || data.textStatus === 'parsererror' ) {
+			code = data.textStatus;
+		} else {
+			code = 'http-' + ( ( data.xhr && data.xhr.status ) || 0 );
+		}
+
 		logger( {
 			action: 'saveFailure',
 			message: code,