diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/Launcher.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/Launcher.groovy
index 50e9d8df2a..be9458eaa2 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/Launcher.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/cli/Launcher.groovy
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ class Launcher {
 
         }
         catch ( AbortOperationException e ) {
-            System.err.println (e.message ?: "Unknown abort reason")
+            final msg = e.message ?: "Unknown abort reason"
+            System.err.println(LoggerHelper.formatErrMessage(msg, e))
             System.exit(1)
         }
         catch( Throwable e ) {
@@ -509,7 +510,8 @@ class Launcher {
 
         catch ( AbortOperationException e ) {
             def message = e.getMessage()
-            if( message ) System.err.println(message)
+            if( message )
+                System.err.println(LoggerHelper.formatErrMessage(message,e))
             log.debug ("Operation aborted", e.cause ?: e)
             return(1)
         }
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/util/LoggerHelper.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/util/LoggerHelper.groovy
index 01f4e1af51..f78e7c8bd6 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/util/LoggerHelper.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/util/LoggerHelper.groovy
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ import nextflow.Session
 import nextflow.cli.CliOptions
 import nextflow.cli.Launcher
 import nextflow.exception.AbortOperationException
-import nextflow.exception.ProcessException
 import nextflow.exception.PlainExceptionMessage
+import nextflow.exception.ProcessException
 import nextflow.exception.ScriptRuntimeException
 import nextflow.extension.OpCall
 import nextflow.file.FileHelper
@@ -506,12 +506,15 @@ class LoggerHelper {
 
         // extra formatting
         if( error ) {
-            buffer.append(" -- Check script '${error[0]}' at line: ${error[1]} or see '${logFileName}' file for more details")
+            buffer.append(errorDetailsMsg(error))
         }
         else if( logFileName && !quiet ) {
             buffer.append(" -- Check '${logFileName}' file for details")
         }
+    }
 
+    static private String errorDetailsMsg(List<String> error) {
+        return " -- Check script '${error[0]}' at line: ${error[1]} or see '${logFileName}' file for more details"
     }
 
     @PackageScope
@@ -572,6 +575,17 @@ class LoggerHelper {
         return msg
     }
 
+    static String formatErrMessage(String message, Throwable error) {
+        try {
+            final line = findErrorLine(error)
+            return line ? message + errorDetailsMsg(line) : message
+        }
+        catch (Throwable t) {
+            log.debug "Unable to determine script line for error: $error", t
+            return message
+        }
+    }
+
     static List<String> findErrorLine( Throwable e ) {
         return findErrorLine(e, ScriptMeta.allScriptNames())
     }