diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 031f9c7..1360623 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
 
 		m_remotePackages[key] = null;
 
-		logWarn("Package %s %s was found neither locally, nor in the configured package registries.", name, dep);
+		logWarn("Package %s %s could not be loaded either locally, or from the configured package registries.", name, dep);
 		return null;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index fbc612a..13bf7fc 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@
 
 		// parse the JSON description
 		{
-			scope(failure) logError("Failed to parse package description in %s", root.toNativeString());
+			scope(failure) logError("Failed to parse package description for %s %s in %s.",
+				packageInfo.name.get!string, versionOverride.length ? versionOverride : packageInfo["version"].opt!string,
+				root.length ? root.toNativeString() : "remote location");
+
 			m_info.parseJson(packageInfo, parent ? parent.name : null);
 
 			if (!versionOverride.empty)