diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/JnlpSlaveAgentProtocol4.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/JnlpSlaveAgentProtocol4.java
index 2794382889c7c3e678697a747fccadb94b5dc04f..cfa4ac8de73702b9dc4386e384c5d9811c401421 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/JnlpSlaveAgentProtocol4.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/slaves/JnlpSlaveAgentProtocol4.java
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ public class JnlpSlaveAgentProtocol4 extends AgentProtocol {
         // prepare our local identity and certificate
         X509Certificate identityCertificate = InstanceIdentityProvider.RSA.getCertificate();
         if (identityCertificate == null) {
-            throw new KeyStoreException("no X509Certificate found; perhaps instance-identity is missing or too old");
+            throw new KeyStoreException("JENKINS-41987: no X509Certificate found; perhaps instance-identity module is missing or too old");
         }
         RSAPrivateKey privateKey = InstanceIdentityProvider.RSA.getPrivateKey();
         if (privateKey == null) {
-            throw new KeyStoreException("no RSAPrivateKey found; perhaps instance-identity is missing or too old");
+            throw new KeyStoreException("JENKINS-41987: no RSAPrivateKey found; perhaps instance-identity module is missing or too old");
         }
 
         // prepare our keyStore so we can provide our authentication