diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 66c5ef26..b9f8f509 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -957,8 +957,14 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 						if (srv->cur_ts - con->write_request_ts > con->conf.max_write_idle) {
 							/* time - out */
 #if 1
-							log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sd", 
-									"connection closed - write-request-timeout:", con->fd);
+							log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "sbsosds", 
+									"NOTE: a request for",
+									con->request.uri,
+									"timed out after writing",
+									con->bytes_written,
+									"bytes. We waited",
+									(int)con->conf.max_write_idle,
+									"seconds. If this a problem increase server.max-write-idle");
 #endif
 							connection_set_state(srv, con, CON_STATE_ERROR);
 							changed = 1;