diff --git a/AUTHORS.TXT b/AUTHORS.TXT
index 1f157ca95ea..fb401083da7 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.TXT
+++ b/AUTHORS.TXT
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Chris Hoffman <christopher.hoffman@gmail.com>
 fdavis <reddot357@hotmail.com>
 Jeroen Hoekx <jeroen@hoekx.be>
 Timothy Appnel <tim@appnel.com>
+Brian Coca <briancoca+dev@gmail.com>
 Daniel Néri <dne@mayonnaise.net>
 Dietmar Schinnerl <SleeplessAnnoyedNerd+github@gmail.com>
 Nikhil Singh <nix85@ymail.com>
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ Yeukhon Wong <yeukhon@acm.org>
 Yves Dorfsman <yves@zioup.com>
 lwade <lestertron@gmail.com>
 Anastasis Andronidis <anastasis90@yahoo.gr>
-Brian Coca <briancoca+dev@gmail.com>
 Dag Wieërs <dag@wieers.com>
 Ludovic Claude <ludovic.claude@lbpoker.com>
 Shaun Zinck <shaun.zinck@gmail.com>
diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_ssh.py b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_ssh.py
index 938848b4421..ba36851c16d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_ssh.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner/connection_plugins/paramiko_ssh.py
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ class Connection(object):
             raise errors.AnsibleFileNotFound("file or module does not exist: %s" % in_path)
         try:
             self.sftp = self.ssh.open_sftp()
-        except:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection")
+        except Exception, e:
+            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)" % e)
         try:
             self.sftp.put(in_path, out_path)
         except IOError:
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ class Connection(object):
         vvv("FETCH %s TO %s" % (in_path, out_path), host=self.host)
         try:
             self.sftp = self._connect_sftp()
-        except:
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection")
+        except Exception, e:
+            raise errors.AnsibleError("failed to open a SFTP connection (%s)", e)
         try:
             self.sftp.get(in_path, out_path)
         except IOError: