diff --git a/libs/ardour/coreaudiosource.cc b/libs/ardour/coreaudiosource.cc
index ee1e6df702..e2ad118151 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/coreaudiosource.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/coreaudiosource.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ CoreAudioSource::safe_read (Sample* dst, samplepos_t start, samplecnt_t cnt, Aud
 		try {
 			af.Seek (start+nread);
 		} catch (CAXException& cax) {
-			error << string_compose("CoreAudioSource: %1 to %2 (%3)", cax.mOperation, start+nread, _name.val().substr (1)) << endmsg;
+			error << string_compose("CoreAudioSource: %1 to %2 [%3] (%3)", cax.mOperation, start+nread, cax.mError, _name.val().substr (1)) << endmsg;
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CoreAudioSource::safe_read (Sample* dst, samplepos_t start, samplecnt_t cnt, Aud
 		try {
 			af.Read (new_cnt, &abl);
 		} catch (CAXException& cax) {
-			error << string_compose("CoreAudioSource: %1 (%2)", cax.mOperation, _name);
+			error << string_compose("CoreAudioSource: %1 [%2] (%3)", cax.mOperation, cax.mError, _name);
 			return -1;
 		}