diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
index e03823370c..a414f3621f 100644
--- a/builtin/mv.c
+++ b/builtin/mv.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ remove_entry:
 		    rename(src, dst) < 0) {
 			if (ignore_errors)
 				continue;
-			die_errno(_("renaming '%s' failed"), src);
+			die_errno(_("renaming '%s' to '%s' failed"), src, dst);
 		}
 		if (submodule_gitfiles[i]) {
 			if (!update_path_in_gitmodules(src, dst))