diff --git a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
index 023e4dc222bb8ab741a500b3d6b4ab243d86eb4a..b1d49c8232015c0ab16229bc488f91725fd1e6ea 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
+++ b/src/test/isolation/isolationtester.c
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ run_permutation(TestSpec * testspec, int nsteps, Step ** steps)
 
 		if (!PQsendQuery(conns[1 + step->session], step->sql))
 		{
-			fprintf(stdout, "failed to send query: %s\n",
-					PQerrorMessage(conns[1 + step->session]));
+			fprintf(stdout, "failed to send query for step %s: %s\n",
+					step->name, PQerrorMessage(conns[1 + step->session]));
 			exit_nicely();
 		}