diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1fd217d6e..cb8a0ef49 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 * export v2: Previously, when `strain` was not used as the metadata ID column, node attributes might have gone missing from the final Auspice JSON. This has been fixed. [#1260][], [#1262][] (@victorlin, @joverlee521)
 * export v1: Added a deprecation warning for this command. [#1265][] (@victorlin)
 * export v1: The recently introduced flag `--metadata-id-columns` did not work properly due to the same `export v2` bug that was fixed in this release. Instead of fixing it in `export v1`, drop the broken feature since this command is no longer being maintained. [#1265][] (@victorlin)
+* filter: Expose internal Pandas errors from `--query` which may be useful to users. [#1267][] (@victorlin)
 
 [#1260]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/issues/1260
 [#1262]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/issues/1262
 [#1265]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/pull/1265
+[#1267]: https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/pull/1267
 
 ## 22.1.0 (10 July 2023)
 
diff --git a/augur/filter/include_exclude_rules.py b/augur/filter/include_exclude_rules.py
index e5b9e09be..a7dab492d 100644
--- a/augur/filter/include_exclude_rules.py
+++ b/augur/filter/include_exclude_rules.py
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ def apply_filters(metadata, exclude_by: List[FilterOption], include_by: List[Fil
                     UndefinedVariableError = pd.core.computation.ops.UndefinedVariableError  # type: ignore
                 if isinstance(e, UndefinedVariableError):
                     raise AugurError(f"Query contains a column that does not exist in metadata.") from e
-                raise AugurError(f"Error when applying query. Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.") from e
+                raise AugurError(f"Internal Pandas error when applying query:\n\t{e}\nEnsure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.") from e
             else:
                 raise
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-errors.t b/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-errors.t
index 265805b7e..b2894abc9 100644
--- a/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-errors.t
+++ b/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-errors.t
@@ -12,22 +12,35 @@ Using a pandas query with a nonexistent column results in a specific error.
   [2]
 
 
-Using pandas queries with bad syntax results in a generic errors.
+Using pandas queries with bad syntax results in meaningful errors.
 
-This raises a ValueError internally (https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/issues/940):
+Some error messages from Pandas may be useful, so they are exposed:
 
   $ ${AUGUR} filter \
   >  --metadata "$TESTDIR/../data/metadata.tsv" \
-  >  --query "invalid = 'value'" \
+  >  --query "region >= 0.50" \
   >  --output-strains filtered_strains.txt > /dev/null
-  ERROR: Error when applying query. Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
+  ERROR: Internal Pandas error when applying query:
+  	'>=' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'float'
+  Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
   [2]
 
-This raises a SyntaxError internally (https://github.com/nextstrain/augur/issues/941):
+However, other Pandas errors are not so helpful, so a link is provided for users to learn more about query syntax.
+
+  $ ${AUGUR} filter \
+  >  --metadata "$TESTDIR/../data/metadata.tsv" \
+  >  --query "invalid = 'value'" \
+  >  --output-strains filtered_strains.txt > /dev/null
+  ERROR: Internal Pandas error when applying query:
+  	cannot assign without a target object
+  Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
+  [2]
 
   $ ${AUGUR} filter \
   >  --metadata "$TESTDIR/../data/metadata.tsv" \
   >  --query "some bad syntax" \
   >  --output-strains filtered_strains.txt > /dev/null
-  ERROR: Error when applying query. Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
+  ERROR: Internal Pandas error when applying query:
+  	invalid syntax (<unknown>, line 1)
+  Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
   [2]