diff --git a/.changelog/5143.added b/.changelog/5143.added
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04588c17c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5143.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc`: Add grpc error details to the log message that's written when the grpc call fails.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
index 5b79a9574bd..60d26683695 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
@@ -512,10 +512,11 @@ def _export(
                         or self._shutdown
                     ):
                         logger.error(
-                            "Failed to export %s to %s, error code: %s",
+                            "Failed to export %s to %s, error code: %s, error details: %s",
                             self._exporting,
                             self._endpoint,
                             error.code(),  # type: ignore [reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+                            error.details(),
                             exc_info=error.code() == StatusCode.UNKNOWN,  # type: ignore [reportAttributeAccessIssue]
                         )
                         result.error = error
@@ -524,11 +525,12 @@ def _export(
                         }
                         return self._result.FAILURE  # type: ignore [reportReturnType]
                     logger.warning(
-                        "Transient error %s encountered while exporting %s to %s, retrying in %.2fs.",
+                        "Transient error %s encountered while exporting %s to %s, retrying in %.2fs. Error details: %s",
                         error.code(),  # type: ignore [reportAttributeAccessIssue]
                         self._exporting,
                         self._endpoint,
                         backoff_seconds,
+                        error.details(),
                     )
                 shutdown = self._shutdown_in_progress.wait(backoff_seconds)
                 if shutdown:
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
index 91749fa16f5..50996264a09 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/tests/test_otlp_exporter_mixin.py
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@ def __init__(
         export_result: StatusCode,
         optional_retry_nanos: int | None = None,
         optional_export_sleep: float | None = None,
+        optional_error_details: str | None = None,
     ):
         self.export_result = export_result
         self.optional_export_sleep = optional_export_sleep
         self.optional_retry_nanos = optional_retry_nanos
         self.num_requests = 0
+        self.optional_error_details = optional_error_details
 
     # pylint: disable=invalid-name,unused-argument
     def Export(self, request, context):
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ def Export(self, request, context):
                 )
             )
         context.set_code(self.export_result)
+        if self.optional_error_details:
+            context.set_details(self.optional_error_details)
 
         return ExportTraceServiceResponse()
 
@@ -599,7 +603,7 @@ def test_timeout_set_correctly(self):
                 )
             after = time.time()
             self.assertEqual(
-                "Failed to export traces to localhost:4317, error code: StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED",
+                "Failed to export traces to localhost:4317, error code: StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED, error details: Deadline Exceeded",
                 warning.records[-1].message,
             )
             self.assertEqual(mock_trace_service.num_requests, 2)
@@ -633,7 +637,8 @@ def test_permanent_failure(self):
         with self.assertLogs(level=WARNING) as warning:
             add_TraceServiceServicer_to_server(
                 TraceServiceServicerWithExportParams(
-                    StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS
+                    StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS,
+                    optional_error_details="This already exists.",
                 ),
                 self.server,
             )
@@ -642,7 +647,7 @@ def test_permanent_failure(self):
             )
             self.assertEqual(
                 warning.records[-1].message,
-                "Failed to export traces to localhost:4317, error code: StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS",
+                "Failed to export traces to localhost:4317, error code: StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS, error details: This already exists.",
             )
 
         metrics_data = self.metric_reader.get_metrics_data()