diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
index 5c58320f6..cbf851fc2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from freqtrade.exchange.exchange import Exchange  # noqa: F401
-from freqtrade.exchange.exchange import (is_exchange_bad,  # noqa: F401
+from freqtrade.exchange.exchange import (get_exchange_bad_reason,  # noqa: F401
+                                         is_exchange_bad,
                                          is_exchange_available,
                                          is_exchange_officially_supported,
                                          available_exchanges)
diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index 657f382d8..9f363c799 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 API_RETRY_COUNT = 4
+BAD_EXCHANGES = {
+    "bitmex": "Various reasons",
+    "bitstamp": "Does not provide history. Details in https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade/issues/1983",
+    }
 
 
 def retrier_async(f):
@@ -755,7 +759,11 @@ class Exchange(object):
 
 
 def is_exchange_bad(exchange: str) -> bool:
-    return exchange in ['bitmex', 'bitstamp']
+    return exchange in BAD_EXCHANGES
+
+
+def get_exchange_bad_reason(exchange: str) -> str:
+    return BAD_EXCHANGES.get(exchange)
 
 
 def is_exchange_available(exchange: str, ccxt_module=None) -> bool: