diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractProject.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractProject.java
index abea5887b76b72ee3e9fa928ad0ce60c44dcdc89..4a8e3dd901087490ace0d33414d07520f081a2ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractProject.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/AbstractProject.java
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractProject<P extends AbstractProject<P,R>,R extends A
             try {
                 ta.addAll(Util.fixNull(tpaf.createFor(this))); // be defensive against null
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error loading transient project action factory.");
+                LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not load actions from " + tpaf + " for " + this, e);
             }
         }
         return ta;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Actionable.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Actionable.java
index ca1332aa0f5f86d7f09675b1bed99fd3f9b3e882..8285544821df9d98c258ea6ed0311128a2516587 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Actionable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Actionable.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public abstract class Actionable extends AbstractModelObject implements ModelObj
                 try {
                     _actions.addAll(createFor(taf));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
-                    LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Error loading action.", e);
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not load actions from " + taf + " for " + this, e);
                 }
             }
         }