diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 6216246803..2a21487ad0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -3417,7 +3417,10 @@ async def completion(
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                detail={
+                    "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                    + data.get("model", "")
+                },
             )
 
         if hasattr(response, "_hidden_params"):
@@ -3648,7 +3651,10 @@ async def chat_completion(
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                detail={
+                    "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                    + data.get("model", "")
+                },
             )
 
         # wait for call to end
@@ -3872,7 +3878,10 @@ async def embeddings(
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                detail={
+                    "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                    + data.get("model", "")
+                },
             )
 
         ### ALERTING ###
@@ -4021,7 +4030,10 @@ async def image_generation(
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                detail={
+                    "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                    + data.get("model", "")
+                },
             )
 
         ### ALERTING ###
@@ -4181,7 +4193,10 @@ async def audio_transcriptions(
                 else:
                     raise HTTPException(
                         status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                        detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                        detail={
+                            "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                            + data.get("model", "")
+                        },
                     )
 
             except Exception as e:
@@ -4340,7 +4355,10 @@ async def moderations(
         else:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-                detail={"error": "Invalid model name passed in"},
+                detail={
+                    "error": "Invalid model name passed in model="
+                    + data.get("model", "")
+                },
             )
 
         ### ALERTING ###
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
index a2c7952586..82957b658c 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_proxy_exception_mapping.py
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ def test_chat_completion_exception_any_model(client):
         openai_exception = openai_client._make_status_error_from_response(
             response=response
         )
-        print("Exception raised=", openai_exception)
         assert isinstance(openai_exception, openai.BadRequestError)
+        _error_message = openai_exception.message
+        assert "Invalid model name passed in model=Lite-GPT-12" in str(_error_message)
 
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")
@@ -195,6 +196,8 @@ def test_embedding_exception_any_model(client):
         )
         print("Exception raised=", openai_exception)
         assert isinstance(openai_exception, openai.BadRequestError)
+        _error_message = openai_exception.message
+        assert "Invalid model name passed in model=Lite-GPT-12" in str(_error_message)
 
     except Exception as e:
         pytest.fail(f"LiteLLM Proxy test failed. Exception {str(e)}")