diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryService.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryService.java
index 6e10a96..1da3279 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryService.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryService.java
@@ -1104,7 +1104,9 @@
             try {
                 ret.add(createTerm(glossaryTerm));
             } catch (AtlasBaseException e) {
-                throw new AtlasBaseException(AtlasErrorCode.FAILED_TO_CREATE_GLOSSARY_TERM, e);
+                if (!e.getAtlasErrorCode().equals(AtlasErrorCode.GLOSSARY_TERM_ALREADY_EXISTS)) {
+                    throw new AtlasBaseException(AtlasErrorCode.FAILED_TO_CREATE_GLOSSARY_TERM, e);
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryTermUtils.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryTermUtils.java
index 2c84ec7..0871ab5 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryTermUtils.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/glossary/GlossaryTermUtils.java
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@
                 if ((recordArray.length % 2) == 0) {
                     ret.put(recordArray[0], recordArray[1]);
                 } else {
-                    failedTermMsgs.add("\n" + "The Data in the uploaded file is incorrectly specified  : " + csvRecord);
+                    failedTermMsgs.add("\n" + "The Data in the uploaded file is incorrectly specified  : " + csvRecord
+                            + "\n" + "AdditionalAttributes needs to be a key:value pair");
                 }
             }
         }