diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index 11ea916..35c2e55 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -1328,10 +1328,10 @@ Connection.prototype._resTagged = function(info) {
 
   if (info.type === 'no' || info.type === 'bad') {
     var errtext;
-    if (req.oauthError)
-      errtext = req.oauthError;
+    if (info.text)
+      errtext = info.text;      
     else
-      errtext = info.text;
+      errtext = req.oauthError;
     err = new Error(errtext);
     err.type = info.type;
     err.textCode = info.textCode;