diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a81db8ec5..ee1052da17 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Jan 15 15:11:35 GMT 2009  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* src/xend_internal.c: Improve xend_get error message
+
 Thu Jan 15 01:31:45 GMT 2009  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* src/xen_internal.c: implement capabilities parsing for Solaris
diff --git a/src/xend_internal.c b/src/xend_internal.c
index 5823cb3395..29b27806cc 100644
--- a/src/xend_internal.c
+++ b/src/xend_internal.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ xend_get(virConnectPtr xend, const char *path,
     if (((ret < 0) || (ret >= 300)) &&
         ((ret != 404) || (!STRPREFIX(path, "/xend/domain/")))) {
         virXendError(xend, VIR_ERR_GET_FAILED,
-                     _("xend_get: error from xen daemon: %s"), content);
+                     _("%d status from xen daemon: %s:%s"),
+                     ret, path, content);
     }
 
     return ret;