diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index e774077ba2..1c890e01d4 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -973,7 +973,10 @@ START:
 	}
 
 	if outputCurlString {
-		LastOutputStringError = &OutputStringError{Request: req}
+		LastOutputStringError = &OutputStringError{
+			Request:       req,
+			TLSSkipVerify: c.config.HttpClient.Transport.(*http.Transport).TLSClientConfig.InsecureSkipVerify,
+		}
 		return nil, LastOutputStringError
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/output_string.go b/api/output_string.go
index 5979c56567..8b654ad820 100644
--- a/api/output_string.go
+++ b/api/output_string.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var LastOutputStringError *OutputStringError
 
 type OutputStringError struct {
 	*retryablehttp.Request
+	TLSSkipVerify    bool
 	parsingError     error
 	parsedCurlString string
 }
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ func (d *OutputStringError) parseRequest() {
 
 	// Build cURL string
 	d.parsedCurlString = "curl "
+	if d.TLSSkipVerify {
+		d.parsedCurlString += "--insecure "
+	}
 	if d.Request.Method != "GET" {
 		d.parsedCurlString = fmt.Sprintf("%s-X %s ", d.parsedCurlString, d.Request.Method)
 	}