diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
index 2583143e..9738f980 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher-curl.c
@@ -322,13 +322,12 @@ check_multi_info (OstreeFetcher *fetcher)
             {
               /* Handle file not found */
               g_task_return_new_error (task, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND,
-                                       "%s",
-                                         curl_easy_strerror (curlres));
+                                       "%s", curl_easy_strerror (curlres));
             }
           else
             {
-              g_task_return_new_error (task, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED, "[%u] %s",
-                                       curlres,
+              g_task_return_new_error (task, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+                                       "While fetching %s: [%u] %s", eff_url, curlres,
                                        curl_easy_strerror (curlres));
               _ostree_fetcher_journal_failure (req->fetcher->remote_name,
                                                eff_url, curl_easy_strerror (curlres));