diff --git a/hyperactor/src/supervision.rs b/hyperactor/src/supervision.rs
index 143ee9a09..370444a11 100644
--- a/hyperactor/src/supervision.rs
+++ b/hyperactor/src/supervision.rs
@@ -72,23 +72,49 @@ impl ActorSupervisionEvent {
             status => status,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns true if this is a user actor event, false if it's a system actor event.
+    /// System actors (like "agent") are internal to Monarch and should not be exposed to users.
+    pub fn is_user_actor_event(&self) -> bool {
+        self.actor_id.name() != "agent"
+    }
 }
 
 impl std::error::Error for ActorSupervisionEvent {}
 
 impl fmt::Display for ActorSupervisionEvent {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}: {} at {}",
-            self.actor_id,
-            self.actor_status,
-            DateTime::<Local>::from(self.occurred_at),
-        )?;
-        if let Some(message_headers) = &self.message_headers {
-            let headers = serde_json::to_string(&message_headers)
-                .expect("could not serialize message headers");
-            write!(f, " (headers: {})", headers)?;
+        if self.is_user_actor_event() {
+            write!(
+                f,
+                "{}: {} at {}",
+                self.actor_id,
+                self.actor_status,
+                DateTime::<Local>::from(self.occurred_at),
+            )?;
+            if let Some(message_headers) = &self.message_headers {
+                let headers = serde_json::to_string(&message_headers)
+                    .expect("could not serialize message headers");
+                write!(f, " (headers: {})", headers)?;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // System actor event - show simplified message
+            match self.actor_id.proc_id() {
+                crate::reference::ProcId::Direct(addr, _) => {
+                    write!(
+                        f,
+                        "{} is not reacheable, check the log on the host for details",
+                        addr
+                    )?;
+                }
+                crate::reference::ProcId::Ranked(_, _) => {
+                    write!(
+                        f,
+                        "{} is not reacheable, check the log on the host for details",
+                        self.actor_id.proc_id()
+                    )?;
+                }
+            }
         }
         if let Some(caused_by) = &self.caused_by {
             write!(f, ": (caused by: {})", caused_by)?;
diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
index 85850ea0c..29dd089c5 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/v1/actor_mesh.rs
@@ -442,15 +442,22 @@ fn send_state_change<F>(
     } else {
         Unhealthy::Crashed(event.clone())
     };
-    let event_actor_id = event.actor_id.clone();
     let py_event = PyActorSupervisionEvent::from(event.clone());
-    let pyerr = PyErr::new::<SupervisionError, _>(format!(
-        "Actor {} exited because of the following reason: {}",
-        event_actor_id,
-        py_event
-            .__repr__()
-            .expect("repr failed on PyActorSupervisionEvent")
-    ));
+    let pyerr = if event.is_user_actor_event() {
+        PyErr::new::<SupervisionError, _>(format!(
+            "Actor {} exited because of the following reason: {}",
+            event.actor_id,
+            py_event
+                .__repr__()
+                .expect("repr failed on PyActorSupervisionEvent")
+        ))
+    } else {
+        PyErr::new::<SupervisionError, _>(
+            py_event
+                .__repr__()
+                .expect("repr failed on PyActorSupervisionEvent"),
+        )
+    };
     sender.send(Some(pyerr)).expect("receiver closed");
 }
 
diff --git a/python/tests/test_actor_error.py b/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
index 144d105f5..62430d277 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_actor_error.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ async def test_supervision_with_proc_mesh_stopped(mesh) -> None:
     # new call should fail with check of health state of actor mesh
     with pytest.raises(
         SupervisionError,
-        match="actor mesh is stopped due to proc mesh shutdown|Actor .* exited because of the following reason.*stopped",
+        match="actor mesh is stopped due to proc mesh shutdown|.* is not reacheable, check the log on the host for details",
     ):
         await actor_mesh.check.call()