diff --git a/cinder/exception.py b/cinder/exception.py
index 8aa1c97417e..6e3bc412ac2 100644
--- a/cinder/exception.py
+++ b/cinder/exception.py
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ class BadHTTPResponseStatus(VolumeDriverException):
 
 
 class BadResetResourceStatus(CinderException):
-    message = _("Bad reset resource status : %(message)s")
+    message = _("Bad reset resource status : %(reason)s")
 
 
 # ZADARA STORAGE VPSA driver exception
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ class NotSupportedOperation(Invalid):
 
 # NexentaStor driver exception
 class NexentaException(VolumeDriverException):
-    message = "%(message)s"
+    message = "%(reason)s"
 
 
 # Google Cloud Storage(GCS) backup driver
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta.py
index 3b805d4122a..a048a2c6e20 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta.py
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ class TestNexentaNfsDriver(test.TestCase):
         mock_chmod.assert_called_with(
             'chmod ugo+rw /volumes/stack/share/volume-1/volume')
         mock_truncate = self.nms_mock.appliance.execute
-        mock_truncate.side_effect = exception.NexentaException()
+        mock_truncate.side_effect = exception.NexentaException(
+            'fake_exception')
         self.nms_mock.server.get_prop.return_value = '/volumes'
         self.nms_mock.folder.get_child_props.return_value = {
             'available': 1, 'used': 1}
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta5_iscsi.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta5_iscsi.py
index 30745544e4f..a94e7f0bac7 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta5_iscsi.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/nexenta/test_nexenta5_iscsi.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class TestNexentaISCSIDriver(test.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(
             exception.NexentaException, self.drv.check_for_setup_error)
 
-        self.nef_mock.get.side_effect = exception.NexentaException()
+        self.nef_mock.get.side_effect = exception.NexentaException(
+            'fake_exception')
         self.assertRaises(LookupError, self.drv.check_for_setup_error)
 
     def test_create_volume(self):
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ class TestNexentaISCSIDriver(test.TestCase):
         self._create_volume_db_entry()
         vol = self.TEST_VOLUME_REF2
         src_vref = self.TEST_VOLUME_REF
-        crt_vol.side_effect = exception.NexentaException()
-        dlt_snap.side_effect = exception.NexentaException()
+        crt_vol.side_effect = exception.NexentaException('fake_exception')
+        dlt_snap.side_effect = exception.NexentaException('fake_exception')
         self.assertRaises(
             exception.NexentaException,
             self.drv.create_cloned_volume, vol, src_vref)
diff --git a/cinder/volume/manager.py b/cinder/volume/manager.py
index e8a8952cb86..eff70bec100 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/manager.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/manager.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ class VolumeManager(manager.CleanableManager,
             msg = _("Revert finished, but failed to reset "
                     "volume %(id)s status to %(status)s, "
                     "please manually reset it.") % msg_args
-            raise exception.BadResetResourceStatus(message=msg)
+            raise exception.BadResetResourceStatus(reason=msg)
 
         s_res = snapshot.update_single_status_where(
             fields.SnapshotStatus.AVAILABLE,
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ class VolumeManager(manager.CleanableManager,
             msg = _("Revert finished, but failed to reset "
                     "snapshot %(id)s status to %(status)s, "
                     "please manually reset it.") % msg_args
-            raise exception.BadResetResourceStatus(message=msg)
+            raise exception.BadResetResourceStatus(reason=msg)
         if backup_snapshot:
             self.delete_snapshot(context,
                                  backup_snapshot, handle_quota=False)