diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide.java
index cb35ca341e3..0adf4733677 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestFromClientSide.java
@@ -4631,8 +4631,8 @@ public class TestFromClientSide {
       NavigableMap<Long, byte[]> navigableMap = result.getMap().get(FAMILY)
           .get(QUALIFIER);
 
-      assertEquals("The number of versions of '" + FAMILY + ":" + QUALIFIER
-          + " did not match " + versions, versions, navigableMap.size());
+      assertEquals("The number of versions of '" + FAMILY + ":" + QUALIFIER + " did not match " +
+        versions + "; " + put.toString() + ", " + get.toString(), versions, navigableMap.size());
       for (Map.Entry<Long, byte[]> entry : navigableMap.entrySet()) {
         assertTrue("The value at time " + entry.getKey()
             + " did not match what was put",