diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index aca8d892a0..a0a39fa1e1 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ class CredentialExternalTest(SubDetailAPIView):
             obj.credential_type.plugin.backend(**backend_kwargs)
             return Response({}, status=status.HTTP_202_ACCEPTED)
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as exc:
-            message = 'HTTP {}\n{}'.format(exc.response.status_code, exc.response.text)
+            message = 'HTTP {}'.format(exc.response.status_code)
             return Response({'inputs': message}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         except Exception as exc:
             return Response({'inputs': str(exc)}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/grafana_backend.py b/awx/main/notifications/grafana_backend.py
index 23816c8d06..01699b24dc 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/grafana_backend.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/grafana_backend.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ class GrafanaBackend(AWXBaseEmailBackend, CustomNotificationBase):
                               headers=grafana_headers,
                               verify=(not self.grafana_no_verify_ssl))
             if r.status_code >= 400:
-                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification grafana: {}").format(r.text)))
+                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification grafana: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                 if not self.fail_silently:
-                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification grafana: {}").format(r.text)))
+                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification grafana: {}").format(r.status_code)))
             sent_messages += 1
         return sent_messages
diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/hipchat_backend.py b/awx/main/notifications/hipchat_backend.py
index 16790644a3..1dfde08546 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/hipchat_backend.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/hipchat_backend.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class HipChatBackend(AWXBaseEmailBackend, CustomNotificationBase):
                                         "from": m.from_email,
                                         "message_format": "text"})
                 if r.status_code != 204:
-                    logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending messages: {}").format(r.text)))
+                    logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending messages: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                     if not self.fail_silently:
-                        raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending message to hipchat: {}").format(r.text)))
+                        raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending message to hipchat: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                 sent_messages += 1
         return sent_messages
diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/mattermost_backend.py b/awx/main/notifications/mattermost_backend.py
index 78a23c72d1..59a1c6f5e1 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/mattermost_backend.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/mattermost_backend.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class MattermostBackend(AWXBaseEmailBackend, CustomNotificationBase):
             r = requests.post("{}".format(m.recipients()[0]),
                               json=payload, verify=(not self.mattermost_no_verify_ssl))
             if r.status_code >= 400:
-                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification mattermost: {}").format(r.text)))
+                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification mattermost: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                 if not self.fail_silently:
-                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification mattermost: {}").format(r.text)))
+                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification mattermost: {}").format(r.status_code)))
             sent_messages += 1
         return sent_messages
diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/rocketchat_backend.py b/awx/main/notifications/rocketchat_backend.py
index 1ad367fb57..df271bf80d 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/rocketchat_backend.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/rocketchat_backend.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ class RocketChatBackend(AWXBaseEmailBackend, CustomNotificationBase):
 
             if r.status_code >= 400:
                 logger.error(smart_text(
-                    _("Error sending notification rocket.chat: {}").format(r.text)))
+                    _("Error sending notification rocket.chat: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                 if not self.fail_silently:
                     raise Exception(smart_text(
-                        _("Error sending notification rocket.chat: {}").format(r.text)))
+                        _("Error sending notification rocket.chat: {}").format(r.status_code)))
             sent_messages += 1
         return sent_messages
diff --git a/awx/main/notifications/webhook_backend.py b/awx/main/notifications/webhook_backend.py
index b9c2c35d22..a33cf026f8 100644
--- a/awx/main/notifications/webhook_backend.py
+++ b/awx/main/notifications/webhook_backend.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ class WebhookBackend(AWXBaseEmailBackend, CustomNotificationBase):
                               headers=self.headers,
                               verify=(not self.disable_ssl_verification))
             if r.status_code >= 400:
-                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification webhook: {}").format(r.text)))
+                logger.error(smart_text(_("Error sending notification webhook: {}").format(r.status_code)))
                 if not self.fail_silently:
-                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification webhook: {}").format(r.text)))
+                    raise Exception(smart_text(_("Error sending notification webhook: {}").format(r.status_code)))
             sent_messages += 1
         return sent_messages