diff --git a/couchdbkit/client.py b/couchdbkit/client.py
index db1957a..a88ef3e 100644
--- a/couchdbkit/client.py
+++ b/couchdbkit/client.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def open_doc(self, docid, **params):
             doc.fetch()
         except HTTPError as e:
             if e.response.status_code == 404:
-                raise ResourceNotFound
+                raise ResourceNotFound(json.loads(e.response.content)['reason'])
             raise
         doc = dict(doc)
         if wrapper is not None:
diff --git a/couchdbkit/version.py b/couchdbkit/version.py
index 00272b1..cbe5d02 100644
--- a/couchdbkit/version.py
+++ b/couchdbkit/version.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from six.moves import map
-version_info = (0, 9, 0, 3, 2)
+version_info = (0, 9, 0, 3, 3)
 __version__ =  ".".join(map(str, version_info))