diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/LuckPermsVaultPermission.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/LuckPermsVaultPermission.java
index bc0342a6a..abb24d214 100644
--- a/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/LuckPermsVaultPermission.java
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/LuckPermsVaultPermission.java
@@ -113,15 +113,7 @@ public class LuckPermsVaultPermission extends AbstractVaultPermission {
 
         // are we on the main thread?
         if (!this.plugin.getBootstrap().isServerStarting() && this.plugin.getBootstrap().getServer().isPrimaryThread() && !this.plugin.getConfiguration().get(ConfigKeys.VAULT_UNSAFE_LOOKUPS)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(
-                    "The operation to lookup a UUID for '" + player + "' was cancelled by LuckPerms. This is NOT a bug. \n" +
-                    "The lookup request was made on the main server thread. It is not safe to execute a request to \n" +
-                    "load username data from the database in this context. \n" +
-                    "If you are a plugin author, please either make your request asynchronously, \n" +
-                    "or provide an 'OfflinePlayer' object with the UUID already populated. \n" +
-                    "Alternatively, server admins can disable this catch by setting 'vault-unsafe-lookups' to true \n" +
-                    "in the LP config, but should consider the consequences (lag) before doing so."
-            );
+            throw new ServerThreadLookupException(player);
         }
 
         // lookup a username from the database
@@ -159,14 +151,7 @@ public class LuckPermsVaultPermission extends AbstractVaultPermission {
 
         // are we on the main thread?
         if (!this.plugin.getBootstrap().isServerStarting() && this.plugin.getBootstrap().getServer().isPrimaryThread() && !this.plugin.getConfiguration().get(ConfigKeys.VAULT_UNSAFE_LOOKUPS)) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(
-                    "The operation to load user data for '" + uuid + "' was cancelled by LuckPerms. This is NOT a bug. \n" +
-                    "The lookup request was made on the main server thread. It is not safe to execute a request to \n" +
-                    "load data for offline players from the database in this context. \n" +
-                    "If you are a plugin author, please consider making your request asynchronously. \n" +
-                    "Alternatively, server admins can disable this catch by setting 'vault-unsafe-lookups' to true \n" +
-                    "in the LP config, but should consider the consequences (lag) before doing so."
-            );
+            throw new ServerThreadLookupException(uuid);
         }
 
         // load an instance from the DB
diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/ServerThreadLookupException.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/ServerThreadLookupException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..002a83c2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/bukkit/vault/ServerThreadLookupException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of LuckPerms, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) lucko (Luck) <luck@lucko.me>
+ *  Copyright (c) contributors
+ *
+ *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ *  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ *  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ *  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ *  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ *  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ *  copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ *  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ *  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ *  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ *  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ *  SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package me.lucko.luckperms.bukkit.vault;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when an unsafe Vault request is made on the server thread.
+ */
+class ServerThreadLookupException extends RuntimeException {
+    private static String msg(String reason) {
+        return "A Vault API request has been made on the main server thread that LuckPerms cannot safely respond to.\n" +
+                "This is NOT a bug - please do not report it to LuckPerms.\n" +
+                "Instead, please carefully read the information given below.\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "LuckPerms cannot respond to the request because to do so:\n" +
+                "- " + reason + "\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "Performing this lookup on the main server thread would cause your server to lag.\n" +
+                "There are two solutions to this problem:\n" +
+                "  a) Ask the author of the plugin making the request to perform Vault calls for\n" +
+                "     offline players \"asynchronously\" (using the scheduler). Additionally, prefer\n" +
+                "     using the methods that accept 'Player' or 'OfflinePlayer' instead of usernames.\n" +
+                "  b) As a server admin, you can disable this exception by setting 'vault-unsafe-lookups'\n" +
+                "     to false in the LuckPerms configuration file. However, please use this only as\n" +
+                "     a last resort.";
+    }
+
+    ServerThreadLookupException(String player) {
+        super(msg("it needs to lookup a UUID for '" + player + "' (an offline player)"));
+    }
+
+    ServerThreadLookupException(UUID uniqueId) {
+        super(msg("it needs to lookup user data for '" + uniqueId + "' (an offline player) from the database"));
+    }
+
+}