diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
index 6018245bd..2479aa90d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/repository/content/ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class ManagedDefaultRepositoryContent
         }
         else
         {
-            throw new ContentNotFoundException( "Unable to delete non-existing project directory." );
+            throw new ContentNotFoundException( "Unable to delete non-existing project directory: " + projectDir );
         }
     }