diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 8bf2305736c49a8a55f0a4076f343534fd34a2eb..ecb9505aea7e5c1afa0dfc5a2de347901eaa1a75 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.497 2009/03/09 14:34:34 petere Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.498 2009/04/02 03:51:43 tgl Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -3578,7 +3578,8 @@ ResetAllOptions(void)
 					if (conf->assign_hook)
 						if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (conf->reset_val, true,
 												   PGC_S_SESSION))
-							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s", conf->gen.name);
+							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s to %d",
+								 conf->gen.name, (int) conf->reset_val);
 					*conf->variable = conf->reset_val;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -3589,7 +3590,8 @@ ResetAllOptions(void)
 					if (conf->assign_hook)
 						if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (conf->reset_val, true,
 												   PGC_S_SESSION))
-							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s", conf->gen.name);
+							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s to %d",
+								 conf->gen.name, conf->reset_val);
 					*conf->variable = conf->reset_val;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -3600,7 +3602,8 @@ ResetAllOptions(void)
 					if (conf->assign_hook)
 						if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (conf->reset_val, true,
 												   PGC_S_SESSION))
-							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s", conf->gen.name);
+							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s to %g",
+								 conf->gen.name, conf->reset_val);
 					*conf->variable = conf->reset_val;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -3619,7 +3622,8 @@ ResetAllOptions(void)
 						newstr = (*conf->assign_hook) (str, true,
 													   PGC_S_SESSION);
 						if (newstr == NULL)
-							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s", conf->gen.name);
+							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s to \"%s\"",
+								 conf->gen.name, str);
 						else if (newstr != str)
 						{
 							/*
@@ -3639,7 +3643,9 @@ ResetAllOptions(void)
 					if (conf->assign_hook)
 						if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (conf->reset_val, true,
 												   PGC_S_SESSION))
-							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s", conf->gen.name);
+							elog(ERROR, "failed to reset %s to %s",
+								 conf->gen.name,
+								 config_enum_lookup_by_value(conf, conf->reset_val));
 					*conf->variable = conf->reset_val;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -3910,8 +3916,8 @@ AtEOXact_GUC(bool isCommit, int nestLevel)
 								if (conf->assign_hook)
 									if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (newval,
 													   true, PGC_S_OVERRIDE))
-										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s",
-											 conf->gen.name);
+										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s as %d",
+											 conf->gen.name, (int) newval);
 								*conf->variable = newval;
 								changed = true;
 							}
@@ -3927,8 +3933,8 @@ AtEOXact_GUC(bool isCommit, int nestLevel)
 								if (conf->assign_hook)
 									if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (newval,
 													   true, PGC_S_OVERRIDE))
-										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s",
-											 conf->gen.name);
+										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s as %d",
+											 conf->gen.name, newval);
 								*conf->variable = newval;
 								changed = true;
 							}
@@ -3944,8 +3950,8 @@ AtEOXact_GUC(bool isCommit, int nestLevel)
 								if (conf->assign_hook)
 									if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (newval,
 													   true, PGC_S_OVERRIDE))
-										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s",
-											 conf->gen.name);
+										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s as %g",
+											 conf->gen.name, newval);
 								*conf->variable = newval;
 								changed = true;
 							}
@@ -3965,8 +3971,8 @@ AtEOXact_GUC(bool isCommit, int nestLevel)
 									newstr = (*conf->assign_hook) (newval, true,
 															 PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
 									if (newstr == NULL)
-										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s",
-											 conf->gen.name);
+										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s as \"%s\"",
+											 conf->gen.name, newval);
 									else if (newstr != newval)
 									{
 										/*
@@ -4004,8 +4010,9 @@ AtEOXact_GUC(bool isCommit, int nestLevel)
 								if (conf->assign_hook)
 									if (!(*conf->assign_hook) (newval,
 															   true, PGC_S_OVERRIDE))
-										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s",
-											 conf->gen.name);
+										elog(LOG, "failed to commit %s as %s",
+											 conf->gen.name,
+											 config_enum_lookup_by_value(conf, newval));
 								*conf->variable = newval;
 								changed = true;
 							}