diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/nxos.py
index b0b023d2c2..b0853429bb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/nxos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/terminal/nxos.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class TerminalModule(TerminalBase):
 
     terminal_stderr_re = [
         re.compile(br"% ?Error"),
+        re.compile(br"^error:(.*)", re.I),
         re.compile(br"^% \w+", re.M),
         re.compile(br"% ?Bad secret"),
         re.compile(br"invalid input", re.I),