diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
index b4b79a7533..570a38893d 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.controller.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-export default ['jobData', 'jobDataOptions', 'jobLabels', 'jobFinished', 'count', '$scope', 'ParseTypeChange', 'ParseVariableString', 'jobResultsService', 'eventQueue', '$compile', '$log', 'Dataset', '$q', 'Rest', '$state', 'QuerySet', '$rootScope', 'moment', '$stateParams', 'i18n',
-function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, $log, Dataset, $q, Rest, $state, QuerySet, $rootScope, moment, $stateParams, i18n) {
+export default ['jobData', 'jobDataOptions', 'jobLabels', 'jobFinished', 'count', '$scope', 'ParseTypeChange', 'ParseVariableString', 'jobResultsService', 'eventQueue', '$compile', '$log', 'Dataset', '$q', 'Rest', '$state', 'QuerySet', '$rootScope', 'moment', '$stateParams', 'i18n', 'fieldChoices', 'fieldLabels',
+function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, $log, Dataset, $q, Rest, $state, QuerySet, $rootScope, moment, $stateParams, i18n, fieldChoices, fieldLabels) {
     var toDestroy = [];
     var cancelRequests = false;
 
@@ -106,6 +106,38 @@ function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTy
         }
     }));
 
+    $scope.previousTaskFailed = false;
+
+    toDestroy.push($scope.$watch('job.job_explanation', function(explanation) {
+        if (explanation && explanation.split(":")[0] === "Previous Task Failed") {
+            $scope.previousTaskFailed = true;
+
+            var taskObj = JSON.parse(explanation.substring(explanation.split(":")[0].length + 1));
+            // return a promise from the options request with the permission type choices (including adhoc) as a param
+            var fieldChoice = fieldChoices({
+                $scope: $scope,
+                url: 'api/v1/unified_jobs/',
+                field: 'type'
+            });
+
+            // manipulate the choices from the options request to be set on
+            // scope and be usable by the list form
+            fieldChoice.then(function (choices) {
+                choices =
+                    fieldLabels({
+                        choices: choices
+                    });
+                $scope.explanation_fail_type = choices[taskObj.job_type];
+                $scope.explanation_fail_name = taskObj.job_name;
+                $scope.explanation_fail_id = taskObj.job_id;
+                $scope.task_detail = $scope.explanation_fail_type + " failed for " + $scope.explanation_fail_name + " with ID " + $scope.explanation_fail_id + ".";
+            });
+        } else {
+            $scope.previousTaskFailed = false;
+        }
+    }));
+
+
     // update the job_status value.  Use the cached rootScope value if there
     // is one.  This is a workaround when the rest call for the jobData is
     // made before some socket events come in for the job status
@@ -141,6 +173,7 @@ function(jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTy
     if(jobData.result_traceback) {
         $scope.job.result_traceback = jobData.result_traceback.trim().split('\n').join('<br />');
     }
+
     // use options labels to manipulate display of details
     getTowerLabels();
 
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
index 41cc7dc886..016f3e745b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results.partial.html
@@ -104,14 +104,30 @@
                         <label class="JobResults-resultRowLabel">
                             Explanation
                         </label>
-                        <div class="JobResults-resultRowText">
-                            {{job.job_explanation}}
+                        <div class="JobResults-resultRowText"
+                            ng-show="!previousTaskFailed">
+                                {{job.job_explanation}}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="JobDetail-resultRowText "
+                        ng-show="previousTaskFailed">Previous Task Failed
+                            <a
+                                href=""
+                                id="explanation_help"
+                                aw-pop-over="{{ task_detail }}"
+                                aw-pop-over-watch="task_detail"
+                                data-placement="bottom"
+                                data-container="body" class="help-link" over-title="Failure Detail"
+                                title=""
+                                tabindex="-1">
+                                    <i class="fa fa-question-circle">
+                                    </i>
+                            </a>
                         </div>
                     </div>
 
                     <!-- RESULTS TRACEBACK DETAIL -->
                     <div class="JobResults-resultRow"
-                        ng-show="job.result_traceback">
+                        ng-show="job.result_traceback && !previousTaskFailed">
                         <label class="JobResults-resultRowLabel">
                             Results Traceback
                         </label>
diff --git a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
index f3ef4f822d..585d7d75e8 100644
--- a/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
+++ b/awx/ui/tests/spec/job-results/job-results.controller-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe('Controller: jobResultsController', () => {
     // Setup
     let jobResultsController;
 
-    let jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, eventResolve, populateResolve, $rScope, q, $log, Dataset, Rest, $state, QuerySet, i18n;
+    let jobData, jobDataOptions, jobLabels, jobFinished, count, $scope, ParseTypeChange, ParseVariableString, jobResultsService, eventQueue, $compile, eventResolve, populateResolve, $rScope, q, $log, Dataset, Rest, $state, QuerySet, i18n,fieldChoices, fieldLabels;
 
     jobData = {
         related: {}
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ describe('Controller: jobResultsController', () => {
             $provide.value('$state', $state);
             $provide.value('QuerySet', QuerySet);
             $provide.value('i18n', i18n);
+            $provide.value('fieldChoices', fieldChoices);
+            $provide.value('fieldLabels', fieldLabels);
         });
     };