diff --git a/app/helpers/foreman_ansible/ansible_reports_helper.rb b/app/helpers/foreman_ansible/ansible_reports_helper.rb
index 88cbdb601..b8a2722b0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/foreman_ansible/ansible_reports_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/foreman_ansible/ansible_reports_helper.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ def check_mode_log?(log)
 
     def ansible_module_message(log)
       msg_json = parsed_message_json(log)
+      return _("Execution error: #{msg_json['msg']}") if msg_json['failed'].present?
+
       module_action = msg_json['module']
       case module_action
       when 'package'
@@ -67,6 +69,17 @@ def ansible_report?(log)
       false
     end
 
+    def show_full_error_message_value(message_value)
+      tag.div class: 'replace-hidden-value' do
+        link_to_function(icon_text('plus', '', class: 'small'), 'replace_value_control(this, "div")',
+                         title: _('Show full value'),
+                         class: 'replace-hidden-value pull-right') +
+          (tag.span class: 'full-value' do
+            message_value
+          end)
+      end
+    end
+
     private
 
     def parsed_message_json(log)
diff --git a/app/views/foreman_ansible/config_reports/_ansible.html.erb b/app/views/foreman_ansible/config_reports/_ansible.html.erb
index c3c14c807..bc2b4706c 100644
--- a/app/views/foreman_ansible/config_reports/_ansible.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/foreman_ansible/config_reports/_ansible.html.erb
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@
                 <% end %>
               </ul>
             <% else %>
-              <%= log_message %>
-          <% end %>
+              <% allowed_length = 150 %>
+              <div class='pull-left'>
+                <%= truncate(log_message, length: allowed_length) %>
+              </div>
+              <%= show_full_error_message_value(log_message) if log_message.length > allowed_length %>
+            <% end %>
           </td>
         </tr>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/ansible_reports_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/helpers/ansible_reports_helper_test.rb
index 4b019afc6..28417904e 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/ansible_reports_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/ansible_reports_helper_test.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,18 @@ class AnsibleReportsHelperTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       ansible_module_message(log).to_s
     )
   end
+
+  test 'module message extraction with error' do
+    log_value = <<-ANSIBLELOG.strip_heredoc
+    {"msg": "AnsibleUndefinedVariable", "changed": false, "_ansible_no_log": false, "failed": true, "module": "template", "exception": "raise AnsibleUndefinedVariable"}
+ANSIBLELOG
+    message = FactoryBot.build(:message, value: log_value)
+    log = FactoryBot.build(:log, message: message)
+    log.message = message
+
+    assert_match(
+      'Execution error: AnsibleUndefinedVariable',
+      ansible_module_message(log).to_s
+    )
+  end
 end