diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
index 924f91dd8d..6b113e7e08 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioGraph.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
       try {
         reconfigureProcessingForPendingMediaItem();
       } catch (AudioProcessor.UnhandledAudioFormatException e) {
-        throw ExportException.createForAudioProcessing(e, e.inputAudioFormat);
+        throw ExportException.createForAudioProcessing(e, "AudioGraph reconfiguration");
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
index a9fac0dab4..2018d9b6df 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/AudioSampleExporter.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
     try {
       audioGraph = new AudioGraph(firstExporterInputFormat, firstEditedMediaItem);
     } catch (AudioProcessor.UnhandledAudioFormatException e) {
-      throw ExportException.createForAudioProcessing(e, e.inputAudioFormat);
+      throw ExportException.createForAudioProcessing(e, "AudioGraph initialization");
     }
     encoderInputAudioFormat = audioGraph.getOutputAudioFormat();
     checkState(!encoderInputAudioFormat.equals(AudioFormat.NOT_SET));
diff --git a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/ExportException.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/ExportException.java
index 73ec7aa385..b8a084b2b3 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/ExportException.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/ExportException.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.media3.common.Format;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoFrameProcessingException;
 import androidx.media3.common.VideoFrameProcessor;
-import androidx.media3.common.audio.AudioProcessor.AudioFormat;
+import androidx.media3.common.audio.AudioProcessor.UnhandledAudioFormatException;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.Clock;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.UnstableApi;
 import androidx.media3.common.util.Util;
@@ -283,14 +283,15 @@ public final class ExportException extends Exception {
   /**
    * Creates an instance for an audio processing related exception.
    *
-   * @param cause The cause of the failure.
-   * @param audioFormat The {@link AudioFormat} used.
+   * @param exception The cause of the failure.
+   * @param details The details associated with this exception.
    * @return The created instance.
    */
-  public static ExportException createForAudioProcessing(Throwable cause, AudioFormat audioFormat) {
+  public static ExportException createForAudioProcessing(
+      UnhandledAudioFormatException exception, String details) {
     return new ExportException(
-        "Audio processing error, audio_format=" + audioFormat,
-        cause,
+        "Audio error: " + details + ", audioFormat=" + exception.inputAudioFormat,
+        exception,
         ERROR_CODE_AUDIO_PROCESSING_FAILED);
   }