diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
index 592ae18a15..a343e606be 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/internal/InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java
@@ -1727,8 +1727,7 @@ public class InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl implements InFlightMetadataCollector
 		for ( FkSecondPass sp : dependencies ) {
 			String dependentTable = sp.getValue().getTable().getQualifiedTableName().render();
 			if ( dependentTable.compareTo( startTable ) == 0 ) {
-				String sb = "Foreign key circularity dependency involving the following tables: ";
-				throw new AnnotationException( sb );
+				throw new AnnotationException( "Foreign key circularity dependency involving the following tables: " + startTable + ", " + dependentTable );
 			}
 			buildRecursiveOrderedFkSecondPasses( orderedFkSecondPasses, isADependencyOf, startTable, dependentTable );
 			if ( !orderedFkSecondPasses.contains( sp ) ) {