diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c8738c252..0ada5bc14f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-02-15  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* tests/check/gst/gstevent.c: (event_probe), (test_event),
+	(GST_START_TEST):
+	Improve debugging.
+
 2007-02-15  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/gstpad.c: (gst_pad_get_internal_links_default),
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstevent.c b/tests/check/gst/gstevent.c
index 307c2329a3..18b3634ff1 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstevent.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstevent.c
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ event_probe (GstPad * pad, GstMiniObject ** data, gpointer user_data)
 
   fail_unless (GST_IS_EVENT (data));
 
+  GST_DEBUG ("event probe called");
+
   if (before_q) {
     switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (GST_EVENT (data))) {
       case GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_UPSTREAM:
@@ -309,6 +311,8 @@ static void test_event
   gst_element_get_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), NULL, NULL,
       GST_CLOCK_TIME_NONE);
 
+  GST_DEBUG ("test event called");
+
   event = gst_event_new_custom (type,
       gst_structure_empty_new ("application/x-custom"));
   g_get_current_time (&sent_event_time);
@@ -404,32 +408,32 @@ GST_START_TEST (send_custom_events)
   test_event (pipeline, GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_UPSTREAM, sinkpad, TRUE, srcpad);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time,
           &sent_event_time) < G_USEC_PER_SEC / 2,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_UP took to long to reach source: %"
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_UP took too long to reach source: %"
       G_GINT64_FORMAT " us", timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   test_event (pipeline, GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH, sinkpad, TRUE, srcpad);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time,
           &sent_event_time) < G_USEC_PER_SEC / 2,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH took to long to reach source: %"
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH took too long to reach source: %"
       G_GINT64_FORMAT " us", timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   test_event (pipeline, GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB, sinkpad, TRUE, srcpad);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time,
           &sent_event_time) < G_USEC_PER_SEC / 2,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB took to long to reach source: %"
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB took too long to reach source: %"
       G_GINT64_FORMAT " us", timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   /* Out of band downstream events */
   test_event (pipeline, GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DOWNSTREAM_OOB, srcpad, FALSE, srcpad);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time,
           &sent_event_time) < G_USEC_PER_SEC / 2,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS_OOB took to long to reach source: %"
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS_OOB took too long to reach source: %"
       G_GINT64_FORMAT " us", timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   test_event (pipeline, GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB, srcpad, FALSE, srcpad);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time,
           &sent_event_time) < G_USEC_PER_SEC / 2,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB took to long to reach source: %"
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB took too long to reach source: %"
       G_GINT64_FORMAT " us", timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   /* In-band downstream events are expected to take at least 1 second