diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-user.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-user.tt
index 17fe75c134..adbb851dcd 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-user.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/modules/opac-user.tt
@@ -67,7 +67,51 @@
                     [% IF failed_holds %]
                         <div class="alert alert-info">
                             <h2>Notice:</h2>
-                            <p>One or more holds were not placed due to existing holds.</p>
+                            <p>One or more holds were not placed due to following errors:</p>
+                            <ul>
+                            [% FOREACH fail IN failed_holds.split('\|') %]
+                                <li>
+                                [% SWITCH fail %]
+                                [% CASE 'damaged' %]
+                                    <span>Item damaged</span>
+                                [% CASE 'ageRestricted' %]
+                                    <span>Age restricted</span>
+                                [% CASE 'tooManyHoldsForThisRecord' %]
+                                    <span>Exceeded max holds per record</span>
+                                [% CASE 'tooManyReservesToday' %]
+                                    <span>Daily hold limit reached for patron</span>
+                                [% CASE 'tooManyReserves' %]
+                                    <span>Too many holds</span>
+                                [% CASE 'notReservable' %]
+                                    <span>Not holdable</span>
+                                [% CASE 'cannotReserveFromOtherBranches' %]
+                                    <span>Patron is from different library</span>
+                                [% CASE 'branchNotInHoldGroup' %]
+                                    <span>Cannot place hold from patron's library</span>
+                                [% CASE 'itemAlreadyOnHold' %]
+                                    <span>Patron already has hold for this item</span>
+                                [% CASE 'cannotBeTransferred' %]
+                                    <span>Cannot be transferred to pickup library</span>
+                                [% CASE 'pickupNotInHoldGroup' %]
+                                    <span>Only pickup locations within the same hold group are allowed</span>
+                                [% CASE 'noReservesAllowed' %]
+                                    <span>No holds are allowed on this item</span>
+                                [% CASE 'libraryNotPickupLocation' %]
+                                    <span>Library is not a pickup location</span>
+                                [% CASE 'no_valid_pickup_location' %]
+                                    <span>No valid pickup location</span>
+                                [% CASE 'notforloan' %]
+                                    <span>Not for loan</span>
+                                [% CASE 'items_available' %]
+                                    <span>There are items available in the library, please visit to check them out</span>
+                                [% CASE 'not_placed' %]
+                                    <span>Error when placing hold, please report this to the library</span>
+                                [% CASE %]
+                                    <span>Error: [% fail | html %]</span>
+                                [% END %]
+                                </li>
+                            [% END %]
+                            </ul>
                         </div>
                     [% END %]
 
diff --git a/opac/opac-reserve.pl b/opac/opac-reserve.pl
index 07440efa6a..0778ac5d04 100755
--- a/opac/opac-reserve.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-reserve.pl
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ if ( $query->param('place_reserve') ) {
         exit;
     }
 
-    my $failed_holds = 0;
+    my @failed_holds;
     while (@selectedItems) {
         my $biblioNum = shift(@selectedItems);
         my $itemNum   = shift(@selectedItems);
@@ -264,11 +264,21 @@ if ( $query->param('place_reserve') ) {
         my $biblio = Koha::Biblios->find($biblioNum);
         my $rank = $biblio->holds->search( { found => [ { "!=" => "W" }, undef ] } )->count + 1;
         if ( $item ) {
-            $canreserve = 1 if CanItemBeReserved( $patron, $item, $branch )->{status} eq 'OK';
+            my $status = CanItemBeReserved( $patron, $item, $branch )->{status};
+            if( $status eq 'OK' ){
+                $canreserve = 1;
+            } else {
+                push @failed_holds, $status;
+            }
+
         }
         else {
-            $canreserve = 1
-              if CanBookBeReserved( $borrowernumber, $biblioNum, $branch, { itemtype => $itemtype } )->{status} eq 'OK';
+            my $status = CanBookBeReserved( $borrowernumber, $biblioNum, $branch, { itemtype => $itemtype } )->{status};
+            if( $status eq 'OK'){
+                $canreserve = 1;
+            } else {
+                push @failed_holds, $status;
+            }
 
             # Inserts a null into the 'itemnumber' field of 'reserves' table.
             $itemNum = undef;
@@ -279,6 +289,7 @@ if ( $query->param('place_reserve') ) {
         if (   $maxreserves
             && $reserve_cnt >= $maxreserves )
         {
+            push @failed_holds, 'tooManyReserves';
             $canreserve = 0;
         }
 
@@ -287,7 +298,8 @@ if ( $query->param('place_reserve') ) {
             my $nb_of_items_issued = $items_in_this_library->search({ 'issue.itemnumber' => { not => undef }}, { join => 'issue' })->count;
             my $nb_of_items_unavailable = $items_in_this_library->search({ -or => { lost => { '!=' => 0 }, damaged => { '!=' => 0 }, } });
             if ( $items_in_this_library->count > $nb_of_items_issued + $nb_of_items_unavailable ) {
-                $canreserve = 0
+                $canreserve = 0;
+                push @failed_holds, 'items_available';
             }
         }
 
@@ -309,12 +321,15 @@ if ( $query->param('place_reserve') ) {
                     item_group_id    => $item_group_id,
                 }
             );
-            $failed_holds++ unless $reserve_id;
-            ++$reserve_cnt;
+            if( $reserve_id ){
+                ++$reserve_cnt;
+            } else {
+                push @failed_holds, 'not_placed';
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    print $query->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl?" . ( $failed_holds ? "failed_holds=$failed_holds" : q|| ) . "#opac-user-holds");
+    print $query->redirect("/cgi-bin/koha/opac-user.pl?" . ( @failed_holds ? "failed_holds=" . join('|',@failed_holds) : q|| ) . "#opac-user-holds");
     exit;
 }