diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89b6aa812c..e15eac8e80 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-04  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
+
+	* testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c: (main):
+	  improve output in error case
+
 2004-05-04  Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
 
 	* gst/parse/grammar.y:
diff --git a/tests/old/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c b/tests/old/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
index 6265a6b059..377ffe038c 100644
--- a/tests/old/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
+++ b/tests/old/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   if (error != NULL) {
     g_print
-        ("oops, couldn't build pipeline.  You probably don't have audioconvert or sinesrc\n");
+        ("oops, couldn't build pipeline.  You probably don't have audioconvert or sinesrc\n"
+        "the error was: %s\n", error->message);
+    g_error_free (error);
     exit (0);
   }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c b/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
index 6265a6b059..377ffe038c 100644
--- a/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
+++ b/testsuite/caps/renegotiate.c
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   if (error != NULL) {
     g_print
-        ("oops, couldn't build pipeline.  You probably don't have audioconvert or sinesrc\n");
+        ("oops, couldn't build pipeline.  You probably don't have audioconvert or sinesrc\n"
+        "the error was: %s\n", error->message);
+    g_error_free (error);
     exit (0);
   }