diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
index 1d2ba0064..bd062ccae 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-metadata-consumer/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/consumers/metadata/ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class ArchivaMetadataCreationConsumer
 
         if ( versionMetadata == null )
         {
-            log.warn( "Missing POM for artifact: " + artifact + "; creating empty metadata" );
+            log.warn( "Missing POM for artifact: " + path + "; creating empty metadata" );
             versionMetadata = new ProjectVersionMetadata();
             versionMetadata.setId( projectVersion );
         }