diff --git a/libntfs-3g/volume.c b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
index 43f085a3..c25e7442 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/volume.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ ntfs_volume *ntfs_volume_startup(struct ntfs_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	
 	/* ...->open needs bracketing to compile with glibc 2.7 */
 	if ((dev->d_ops->open)(dev, NVolReadOnly(vol) ? O_RDONLY: O_RDWR)) {
-		ntfs_log_perror("Error opening partition device");
+		ntfs_log_perror("Error opening '%s'", dev->d_name);
 		goto error_exit;
 	}
 	/* Attach the device to the volume. */
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index b57b0714..cb01ac53 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static const char *fakeraid_msg =
 "to mount NTFS. Please see the 'dmraid' documentation for help.\n";
 
 static const char *access_denied_msg =
-"Please check the volume and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,\n"
+"Please check '%s' and the ntfs-3g binary permissions,\n"
 "and the mounting user ID. More explanation is provided at\n"
 "http://ntfs-3g.org/support.html#unprivileged\n";