diff --git a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
index e41c49a..6905b2f 100644
--- a/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
+++ b/src/android/com/silkimen/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpBase.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 
 import com.silkimen.http.HttpBodyDecoder;
 import com.silkimen.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ abstract class CordovaHttpBase implements Runnable {
       this.sendBody(request);
       this.processResponse(request, response);
     } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
-      if (e.getCause() instanceof SSLHandshakeException) {
+      if (e.getCause() instanceof SSLException) {
         response.setStatus(-2);
-        response.setErrorMessage("SSL handshake failed: " + e.getMessage());
-        Log.w(TAG, "SSL handshake failed", e);
+        response.setErrorMessage("TLS connection could not be established: " + e.getMessage());
+        Log.w(TAG, "TLS connection could not be established", e);
       } else if (e.getCause() instanceof UnknownHostException) {
         response.setStatus(-3);
         response.setErrorMessage("Host could not be resolved: " + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m b/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
index b23d3ad..60f2de1 100644
--- a/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/CordovaHttpPlugin.m
@@ -106,8 +106,12 @@
         case -1009:
             // no connection
             return [NSNumber numberWithInt:-6];
-        case -1202:
-            // untrusted SSL certificate
+        case -1200: // secure connection failed
+        case -1201: // certificate has bad date
+        case -1202: // certificate untrusted
+        case -1203: // certificate has unknown root
+        case -1204: // certificate is not yet valid
+            // configuring SSL failed
             return [NSNumber numberWithInt:-2];
         default:
             return [NSNumber numberWithInt:-1];
diff --git a/test/app-test-definitions.js b/test/app-test-definitions.js
index 78801de..b791574 100644
--- a/test/app-test-definitions.js
+++ b/test/app-test-definitions.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const helpers = {
 };
 
 const messageFactory = {
-  sslTrustAnchor: function() { return 'SSL handshake failed: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.' },
+  sslTrustAnchor: function() { return 'TLS connection could not be established: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for certification path not found.' },
   invalidCertificate: function(domain) { return 'The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pretending to be “' + domain + '” which could put your confidential information at risk.' }
 }