diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/spi/SqlStatementLogger.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/spi/SqlStatementLogger.java
index 2c4515bdfc..4c5e9c9746 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/spi/SqlStatementLogger.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/spi/SqlStatementLogger.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class SqlStatementLogger {
 			return;
 		}
 		if ( startTimeNanos <= 0 ) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "startTimeNanos should be greater than 0!" );
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "startTimeNanos [" + startTimeNanos + "] should be greater than 0!" );
 		}
 
 		long queryExecutionMillis = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis( System.nanoTime() - startTimeNanos );