diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/eos/eos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/eos/eos.py
index 28b37f205f7..d41497a711c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/eos/eos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/eos/eos.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Cli:
         try:
             response = conn.edit_config(commands, commit, replace)
         except ConnectionError as exc:
-            message = getattr(exc, 'err', exc)
+            message = getattr(exc, 'err', to_text(exc))
             if "check mode is not supported without configuration session" in message:
                 self._module.warn("EOS can not check config without config session")
                 response = {'changed': True}
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ class Eapi:
             commands = ['configure session %s' % session, 'abort']
             self.send_request(commands)
             err = response['error']
-            self._module.fail_json(msg=err['message'], code=err['code'])
+            error_text = []
+            for data in err['data']:
+                error_text.extend(data.get('errors', []))
+            error_text = '\n'.join(error_text) or err['message']
+            self._module.fail_json(msg=error_text, code=err['code'])
 
         commands = ['configure session %s' % session, 'show session-config diffs']
         if commit:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/eos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/eos.py
index 5a699e23fc9..638c96fb118 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/eos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/eos.py
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):
             else:
                 commands.append(command)
 
-        response = self.send_request(commands)
+        try:
+            response = self.send_request(commands)
+        except Exception:
+            commands = ['configure session %s' % session, 'abort']
+            response = self.send_request(commands, output='text')
+            raise
 
         commands = ['configure session %s' % session, 'show session-config diffs']
         if commit:
@@ -152,7 +157,13 @@ class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):
 def handle_response(response):
     if 'error' in response:
         error = response['error']
-        raise ConnectionError(error['message'], code=error['code'])
+
+        error_text = []
+        for data in error['data']:
+            error_text.extend(data.get('errors', []))
+        error_text = '\n'.join(error_text) or error['message']
+
+        raise ConnectionError(error_text, code=error['code'])
 
     results = []
     for result in response['result']:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
index 625aab1e0dd..14cd3674923 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/eos.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class TerminalModule(TerminalBase):
         re.compile(br"'[^']' +returned error code: ?\d+"),
         re.compile(br"[^\r\n]\/bin\/(?:ba)?sh"),
         re.compile(br"% More than \d+ OSPF instance", re.I),
-        re.compile(br"Maximum number of pending sessions has been reached")
+        re.compile(br"% Subnet [0-9a-f.:/]+ overlaps", re.I),
+        re.compile(br"Maximum number of pending sessions has been reached"),
     ]
 
     def on_open_shell(self):