diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 3b3257b995..0c95d2cc88 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
   }
 
   private noMatchError(e: NoMatch): any {
-    return new Error(`Cannot match any routes: '${e.segmentGroup}'`);
+    return new Error(`Cannot match any routes. URL Segment: '${e.segmentGroup}'`);
   }
 
   private createUrlTree(rootCandidate: UrlSegmentGroup): UrlTree {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
index a6ab23c4a4..814e87cd90 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
               (e) => { throw 'Should not reach'; });
     });
 
-    it('should load the configuration of a whilecard route', () => {
+    it('should load the configuration of a wildcard route', () => {
       const loadedConfig = new LoadedRouterConfig(
           [{path: '', component: ComponentB}], <any>'stubInjector', <any>'stubFactoryResolver');
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
       applyRedirects(null, null, tree('b'), config)
           .subscribe(
               (_) => { throw 'Should not be reached'; },
-              e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes: \'b\''); });
+              e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes. URL Segment: \'b\''); });
     });
 
     it('redirect from an empty path should work (nested case)', () => {
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
         applyRedirects(null, null, tree('a/(d//aux:e)'), config)
             .subscribe(
                 (_) => { throw 'Should not be reached'; },
-                e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes: \'a\''); });
+                e => { expect(e.message).toEqual('Cannot match any routes. URL Segment: \'a\''); });
       });
     });
   });