diff --git a/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/cloudsql/mysql/CloudSQLMySQLSource.java b/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/cloudsql/mysql/CloudSQLMySQLSource.java
index aad074ba..8273169c 100644
--- a/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/cloudsql/mysql/CloudSQLMySQLSource.java
+++ b/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/cloudsql/mysql/CloudSQLMySQLSource.java
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ protected Class<? extends DBWritable> getDBRecordType() {
     return MysqlDBRecord.class;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected String getExternalDocumentationLink() {
+    return DBUtils.CLOUDSQLMYSQL_SUPPORTED_DOC_URL;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String createConnectionString() {
     if (CloudSQLUtil.PRIVATE_INSTANCE.equalsIgnoreCase(
diff --git a/database-commons/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/db/source/AbstractDBSource.java b/database-commons/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/db/source/AbstractDBSource.java
index 5d7447fc..55998575 100644
--- a/database-commons/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/db/source/AbstractDBSource.java
+++ b/database-commons/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/db/source/AbstractDBSource.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.data.schema.Schema;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.dataset.lib.KeyValue;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.exception.ErrorCategory;
+import io.cdap.cdap.api.exception.ErrorCodeType;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.exception.ErrorType;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.exception.ErrorUtils;
 import io.cdap.cdap.api.plugin.PluginConfig;
@@ -202,8 +203,17 @@ private Schema loadSchemaFromDB(Class<? extends Driver> driverClass)
       // wrap exception to ensure SQLException-child instances not exposed to contexts without jdbc driver in classpath
       String errorMessageWithDetails = String.format("Error occurred while trying to get schema from database." +
         "Error message: '%s'. Error code: '%s'. SQLState: '%s'", e.getMessage(), e.getErrorCode(), e.getSQLState());
+      String externalDocumentationLink = getExternalDocumentationLink();
+      if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(externalDocumentationLink)) {
+        if (!errorMessageWithDetails.endsWith(".")) {
+          errorMessageWithDetails = errorMessageWithDetails + ".";
+        }
+        errorMessageWithDetails = String.format("%s For more details, see %s", errorMessageWithDetails,
+          externalDocumentationLink);
+      }
       throw ErrorUtils.getProgramFailureException(new ErrorCategory(ErrorCategory.ErrorCategoryEnum.PLUGIN),
-        e.getMessage(), errorMessageWithDetails, ErrorType.USER, false, new SQLException(e.getMessage(),
+        e.getMessage(), errorMessageWithDetails, ErrorType.USER, false, ErrorCodeType.SQLSTATE,
+        e.getSQLState(), externalDocumentationLink, new SQLException(e.getMessage(),
           e.getSQLState(), e.getErrorCode()));
     } finally {
       driverCleanup.destroy();
@@ -363,6 +373,10 @@ protected Class<? extends DBWritable> getDBRecordType() {
     return DBRecord.class;
   }
 
+  protected String getExternalDocumentationLink() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void initialize(BatchRuntimeContext context) throws Exception {
     super.initialize(context);
diff --git a/mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/mysql/MysqlSource.java b/mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/mysql/MysqlSource.java
index 173c6d07..971b7680 100644
--- a/mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/mysql/MysqlSource.java
+++ b/mysql-plugin/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/mysql/MysqlSource.java
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ protected Class<? extends DBWritable> getDBRecordType() {
     return MysqlDBRecord.class;
   }
 
+ @Override
+ protected String getExternalDocumentationLink() {
+    return DBUtils.MYSQL_SUPPORTED_DOC_URL;
+ }
+
   @Override
   protected LineageRecorder getLineageRecorder(BatchSourceContext context) {
     String fqn = DBUtils.constructFQN("mysql",