diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/PerformanceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/PerformanceTest.java
index 697c2db3..41a49660 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/PerformanceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/csv/PerformanceTest.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class PerformanceTest {
                    count++;
                    break;
                case INVALID:
-                   throw new IOException("invalid parse sequence");
+                   throw new IOException("invalid parse sequence <"+token.content.toString()+">");
                case TOKEN:
                    fields++;
                    break;