diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
index f46e1595c3..47aa3ae972 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/agents/agent.py
@@ -931,7 +931,12 @@ class AgentExecutor(Chain):
             else:
                 raise_error = False
             if raise_error:
-                raise e
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "An output parsing error occurred. "
+                    "In order to pass this error back to the agent and have it try "
+                    "again, pass `handle_parsing_errors=True` to the AgentExecutor. "
+                    f"This is the error: {str(e)}"
+                )
             text = str(e)
             if isinstance(self.handle_parsing_errors, bool):
                 if e.send_to_llm:
@@ -1027,7 +1032,12 @@ class AgentExecutor(Chain):
             else:
                 raise_error = False
             if raise_error:
-                raise e
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "An output parsing error occurred. "
+                    "In order to pass this error back to the agent and have it try "
+                    "again, pass `handle_parsing_errors=True` to the AgentExecutor. "
+                    f"This is the error: {str(e)}"
+                )
             text = str(e)
             if isinstance(self.handle_parsing_errors, bool):
                 if e.send_to_llm: