diff --git a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
index 2be98055..25f63c76 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/diskspace.c
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ static int calculate_removed_size(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 		if(llstat(path, &st) == -1) {
 			if(alpm_option_match_noextract(handle, filename)) {
 				_alpm_log(handle, ALPM_LOG_WARNING,
-						_("could not get file information for %s\n"), filename);
+									_("could not get file information for %s: %s\n"),
+									filename, strerror(errno));
 			}
 			continue;
 		}