diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 21f1268889..2234fe3262 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         }
         else
         {
-            getLogger().warn( "Attempting to build MavenProject instance for Artifact of type: " + artifact.getType() + "; constructing POM artifact instead." );
+            getLogger().warn( "Attempting to build MavenProject instance for Artifact (" + artifact.getGroupId() + ":"
+                              + artifact.getArtifactId() + ":" + artifact.getVersion() + ") of type: "
+                              + artifact.getType() + "; constructing POM artifact instead." );
 
             projectArtifact = artifactFactory.createProjectArtifact( artifact.getGroupId(),
                                                                      artifact.getArtifactId(),