diff --git a/common/cmd_nvedit.c b/common/cmd_nvedit.c
index aa9de3a4ea..b2c88babc4 100644
--- a/common/cmd_nvedit.c
+++ b/common/cmd_nvedit.c
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ int getenv_f(char *name, char *buf, unsigned len)
 		if (n)
 			*--buf = '\0';
 
-		printf("env_buf too small [%d]\n", len);
+		printf("env_buf [%d bytes] too small for value of \"%s\"\n",
+			len, name);
 
 		return n;
 	}