diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/contracts/exceptions/AbfsRestOperationException.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/contracts/exceptions/AbfsRestOperationException.java
index 149f916c0a..36f7589f16 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/contracts/exceptions/AbfsRestOperationException.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/contracts/exceptions/AbfsRestOperationException.java
@@ -81,13 +81,23 @@ public class AbfsRestOperationException extends AzureBlobFileSystemException {
   }
 
   private static String formatMessage(final AbfsHttpOperation abfsHttpOperation) {
+    // HEAD request response doesn't have StorageErrorCode, StorageErrorMessage.
+    if (abfsHttpOperation.getMethod().equals("HEAD")) {
+      return String.format(
+              "Operation failed: \"%1$s\", %2$s, HEAD, %3$s",
+              abfsHttpOperation.getStatusDescription(),
+              abfsHttpOperation.getStatusCode(),
+              abfsHttpOperation.getUrl().toString());
+    }
+
     return String.format(
-        "%1$s %2$s%nStatusCode=%3$s%nStatusDescription=%4$s%nErrorCode=%5$s%nErrorMessage=%6$s",
-        abfsHttpOperation.getMethod(),
-        abfsHttpOperation.getUrl().toString(),
-        abfsHttpOperation.getStatusCode(),
-        abfsHttpOperation.getStatusDescription(),
-        abfsHttpOperation.getStorageErrorCode(),
-        abfsHttpOperation.getStorageErrorMessage());
+            "Operation failed: \"%1$s\", %2$s, %3$s, %4$s, %5$s, \"%6$s\"",
+            abfsHttpOperation.getStatusDescription(),
+            abfsHttpOperation.getStatusCode(),
+            abfsHttpOperation.getMethod(),
+            abfsHttpOperation.getUrl().toString(),
+            abfsHttpOperation.getStorageErrorCode(),
+            // Remove break line to ensure the request id and timestamp can be shown in console.
+            abfsHttpOperation.getStorageErrorMessage().replaceAll("\\n", " "));
   }
 }
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diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsRestOperationException.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsRestOperationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff88b0243f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/azurebfs/ITestAbfsRestOperationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Verify the AbfsRestOperationException error message format.
+ * */
+public class ITestAbfsRestOperationException extends AbstractAbfsIntegrationTest{
+  public ITestAbfsRestOperationException() throws Exception {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAbfsRestOperationExceptionFormat() throws IOException {
+    final AzureBlobFileSystem fs = getFileSystem();
+    Path nonExistedFilePath1 = new Path("nonExistedPath1");
+    Path nonExistedFilePath2 = new Path("nonExistedPath2");
+    try {
+      FileStatus fileStatus = fs.getFileStatus(nonExistedFilePath1);
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      String errorMessage = ex.getLocalizedMessage();
+      String[] errorFields = errorMessage.split(",");
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(4, errorFields.length);
+      // Check status message, status code, HTTP Request Type and URL.
+      Assert.assertEquals("Operation failed: \"The specified path does not exist.\"", errorFields[0].trim());
+      Assert.assertEquals("404", errorFields[1].trim());
+      Assert.assertEquals("HEAD", errorFields[2].trim());
+      Assert.assertTrue(errorFields[3].trim().startsWith("http"));
+    }
+
+    try {
+      fs.listFiles(nonExistedFilePath2, false);
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      // verify its format
+      String errorMessage = ex.getLocalizedMessage();
+      String[] errorFields = errorMessage.split(",");
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(6, errorFields.length);
+      // Check status message, status code, HTTP Request Type and URL.
+      Assert.assertEquals("Operation failed: \"The specified path does not exist.\"", errorFields[0].trim());
+      Assert.assertEquals("404", errorFields[1].trim());
+      Assert.assertEquals("GET", errorFields[2].trim());
+      Assert.assertTrue(errorFields[3].trim().startsWith("http"));
+      // Check storage error code and storage error message.
+      Assert.assertEquals("PathNotFound", errorFields[4].trim());
+      Assert.assertTrue(errorFields[5].contains("RequestId")
+              && errorFields[5].contains("Time"));
+    }
+  }
+}
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