diff --git a/kafka/errors.py b/kafka/errors.py
index 09691d536..992b0d21d 100644
--- a/kafka/errors.py
+++ b/kafka/errors.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ class NodeNotReadyError(KafkaError):
     retriable = True
 
 
+class UnknownBrokerIdError(KafkaError):
+    pass
+
+
 class QuotaViolationError(KafkaError):
     pass
 
diff --git a/kafka/net/manager.py b/kafka/net/manager.py
index 571a6ca19..48d8f4262 100644
--- a/kafka/net/manager.py
+++ b/kafka/net/manager.py
@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ async def _connect(self, node, conn):
 
     def get_connection(self, node_id, pop_on_close=True, refresh_metadata_on_err=True):
         if node_id is None:
-            raise Errors.NodeNotReadyError()
+            raise Errors.NodeNotReadyError('No node_id provided')
         elif self.connection_delay(node_id) > 0:
             raise Errors.NodeNotReadyError(node_id)
         elif node_id in self._conns:
             return self._conns[node_id]
         node = self.cluster.broker_metadata(node_id)
         if node is None:
-            raise Errors.NodeNotReadyError(node_id)
+            raise Errors.UnknownBrokerIdError(node_id)
         conn = KafkaConnection(self._net, node_id=node_id, broker_version_data=self.broker_version_data, **self.config)
         if pop_on_close:
             conn.close_future.add_both(lambda _: self._conns.pop(node.node_id, None))