diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/src/samples/java/com/azure/messaging/servicebus/ServiceBusProcessorSample.java b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/src/samples/java/com/azure/messaging/servicebus/ServiceBusProcessorSample.java
index 7a2018e0ac724..afdaaa7653d74 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/src/samples/java/com/azure/messaging/servicebus/ServiceBusProcessorSample.java
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/src/samples/java/com/azure/messaging/servicebus/ServiceBusProcessorSample.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 package com.azure.messaging.servicebus;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
@@ -24,18 +25,40 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
             System.out.println("Received message " + message.getBody().toString());
         };
 
+        final CountDownLatch countdownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
         // Consumer that handles any errors that occur when receiving messages
         Consumer<ServiceBusErrorContext> errorHandler = errorContext -> {
-            System.out.println("Error when receiving messages " + errorContext.getException().getMessage());
             if (errorContext.getException() instanceof ServiceBusException) {
-                ServiceBusException serviceBusException = (ServiceBusException) errorContext.getException();
-                System.out.printf("Error source %s, reason %s\n", serviceBusException.getErrorSource(),
-                    serviceBusException.getReason());
+                final ServiceBusException serviceBusException = (ServiceBusException) errorContext.getException();
+                final ServiceBusFailureReason reason = serviceBusException.getReason();
+
+                if (reason == ServiceBusFailureReason.MESSAGING_ENTITY_DISABLED
+                    || reason == ServiceBusFailureReason.MESSAGING_ENTITY_NOT_FOUND
+                    || reason == ServiceBusFailureReason.UNAUTHORIZED) {
+                    System.out.printf("An unrecoverable error occurred. Stopping processing with reason %s: %s\n",
+                        reason, serviceBusException.getMessage());
+                    countdownLatch.countDown();
+                } else if (reason == ServiceBusFailureReason.MESSAGE_LOCK_LOST) {
+                    System.out.printf("Message lock lost for message: %s", errorContext.getException().toString());
+                } else if (reason == ServiceBusFailureReason.SERVICE_BUSY) {
+                    try {
+                        // choosing an arbitrary amount of time to wait.
+                        Thread.sleep(1000);
+                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                        e.printStackTrace();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    System.out.printf("Error source %s, reason %s, message: %s\n", serviceBusException.getErrorSource(),
+                        reason, errorContext.getException().getMessage());
+                }
+            } else {
+                System.out.printf("Exception: %s\n", errorContext.getException().toString());
             }
         };
 
         // Create an instance of the processor through the ServiceBusClientBuilder
-        ServiceBusProcessorClient processorClient = new ServiceBusClientBuilder()
+        final ServiceBusProcessorClient processorClient = new ServiceBusClientBuilder()
             .connectionString("<< connection-string >>")
             .processor()
             .queueName("<< queue name >>")
@@ -46,16 +69,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
         System.out.println("Starting the processor");
         processorClient.start();
 
-        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);
-        System.out.println("Stopping the processor");
-        processorClient.stop();
-
-        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);
-        System.out.println("Resuming the processor");
-        processorClient.start();
+        System.out.println("Listening for 10 seconds...");
+        if (countdownLatch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+            System.out.println("Closing processor due to fatal error");
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Closing processor");
+        }
 
-        TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);
-        System.out.println("Closing the processor");
         processorClient.close();
     }
 }