diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b24c75ac0..2b2f497de2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 2004-01-12  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* sys/oss/gstossaudio.c: (plugin_init):
+	* sys/oss/gstosselement.c: (gst_osselement_sync_parms):
 	* sys/oss/gstosselement.h:
           make an oss debugging category
+          make failure more descriptive
 
 2004-01-11  David Schleef  <ds@schleef.org>
 
diff --git a/sys/oss/gstosselement.c b/sys/oss/gstosselement.c
index 48402cf55d..4c1356ab01 100644
--- a/sys/oss/gstosselement.c
+++ b/sys/oss/gstosselement.c
@@ -625,7 +625,12 @@ gst_osselement_sync_parms (GstOssElement *oss)
       target_channels != oss->channels ||
       target_rate     != oss->rate) 
   {
-    g_warning ("couldn't set requested OSS parameters, enjoy the noise :)");
+    if (target_channels != oss->channels)
+      g_warning ("couldn't set the right number of channels, enjoy the tone difference");
+    if (target_rate != oss->rate)
+      g_warning ("couldn't set the right number of channels, enjoy the speed difference");
+    if (target_format != oss->format)
+      g_warning ("couldn't set requested OSS parameters, enjoy the noise :)");
     /* we could eventually return FALSE here, or just do some additional tests
      * to see that the frequencies don't differ too much etc.. */
   }