diff --git a/app/vmctl/influx/influx.go b/app/vmctl/influx/influx.go
index b2e34970fc..13b374a633 100644
--- a/app/vmctl/influx/influx.go
+++ b/app/vmctl/influx/influx.go
@@ -358,13 +358,13 @@ func (c *Client) getSeries() ([]*Series, error) {
 func (c *Client) do(q influx.Query) ([]queryValues, error) {
 	res, err := c.Query(q)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query %q err: %s", q.Command, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query error: %s", err)
 	}
 	if res.Error() != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query %q err: %s", q.Command, res.Error())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("response error: %s", res.Error())
 	}
 	if len(res.Results) < 1 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exploration query %q returned 0 results", q.Command)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query returned 0 results")
 	}
 	return parseResult(res.Results[0])
 }
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index f43c9a8252..2097f29e2f 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ The sandbox cluster installation is running under the constant load generated by
 * BUGFIX: [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager.html): fix `vmbackupmanager` not deleting previous object versions from S3 when applying retention policy with `-deleteAllObjectVersions` command-line flag.
 * BUGFIX: [vminsert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html): fix panic when ingesting data via [NewRelic protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-send-data-from-newrelic-agent) into VictoriaMetrics cluster. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5416).
 * BUGFIX: properly escape `<` character in responses returned via [`/federate`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#federation) endpoint. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5431).
+* BUGFIX: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl.html): check for Error field in response from influx client during migration. Before, only network errors were checked. Thanks to @wozz for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5446).
 
 ## [v1.95.1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.95.1)