diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 918d56768..a9e1dd74d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-13  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m: Minor improvement to detail of failure
+	reason.
+
 2005-05-11  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/GSFileHandle.m: Increase size of buffer for incoming data ...
diff --git a/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m b/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
index 4032c0e00..1f6cf29aa 100644
--- a/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
+++ b/Source/GSHTTPURLHandle.m
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ static void debugWrite(GSHTTPURLHandle *handle, NSData *data)
        * Tell superclass that the load failed - let it do housekeeping.
        */
       [self endLoadInBackground];
-      [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason: e];
+      [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason:
+	[NSString stringWithFormat: @"Failed to connect: %@", e]];
       return;
     }
 
@@ -832,7 +833,8 @@ static void debugWrite(GSHTTPURLHandle *handle, NSData *data)
        * Tell superclass that the load failed - let it do housekeeping.
        */
       [self endLoadInBackground];
-      [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason: @"Failed to write request"];
+      [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason:
+	[NSString stringWithFormat: @"Failed to write request: %@", e]];
       return;
     }
   else
@@ -1085,8 +1087,8 @@ static void debugWrite(GSHTTPURLHandle *handle, NSData *data)
 	  /*
 	   * Tell superclass that the load failed - let it do housekeeping.
 	   */
-	  [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason: [NSString stringWithFormat:
-	    @"Unable to connect to %@:%@ ... %s",
+	  [self backgroundLoadDidFailWithReason:
+	    [NSString stringWithFormat: @"Unable to connect to %@:%@ ... %s",
 	    host, port, GSLastErrorStr(errno)]];
 	  return;
 	}