diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
index 2d686a02f5..029864e393 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/RepositoryModelResolver.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
index 06f92b5930..a8db2187cb 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/DefaultModelBuilder.java
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ public class DefaultModelBuilder
         }
         catch ( ModelParseException e )
         {
-            throw new UnparseableModelException( "Failed to parse POM " + modelSource.getLocation(), e.getLineNumber(),
-                                                 e.getColumnNumber(), e );
+            throw new UnparseableModelException( "Failed to parse POM " + modelSource.getLocation() + ": "
+                + e.getMessage(), e.getLineNumber(), e.getColumnNumber(), e );
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
         {