diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c1ac9b38b..98b2b9d20d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2005-08-18  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* check/gst/gstevents.c: (GST_START_TEST), (event_probe),
+	(test_event), (timediff), (gstevents_suite):
+           Fix error message output so I might be able to tell why the
+	   test works here but fails on the build farm.
+
 2005-08-18  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
 
 	* check/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/check/gst/gstevents.c b/check/gst/gstevents.c
index e4c507bfbf..4356c26dc3 100644
--- a/check/gst/gstevents.c
+++ b/check/gst/gstevents.c
@@ -327,11 +327,13 @@ GST_START_TEST (send_custom_events)
    * to traverse the the queue */
   test_event (GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS, srcpad, FALSE);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time) >= G_USEC_PER_SEC,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB arrived at sink too quickly for an in-band event");
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS arrived too quickly for an in-band event: %lld us",
+      timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   test_event (GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH, srcpad, FALSE);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time) >= G_USEC_PER_SEC,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB arrived at sink too quickly for an in-band event");
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH arrived too quickly for an in-band event: %lld us",
+      timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
   gst_bin_watch_for_state_change (GST_BIN (pipeline));
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c b/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
index e4c507bfbf..4356c26dc3 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstevents.c
@@ -327,11 +327,13 @@ GST_START_TEST (send_custom_events)
    * to traverse the the queue */
   test_event (GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS, srcpad, FALSE);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time) >= G_USEC_PER_SEC,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB arrived at sink too quickly for an in-band event");
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_DS arrived too quickly for an in-band event: %lld us",
+      timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   test_event (GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH, srcpad, FALSE);
   fail_unless (timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time) >= G_USEC_PER_SEC,
-      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH_OOB arrived at sink too quickly for an in-band event");
+      "GST_EVENT_CUSTOM_BOTH arrived too quickly for an in-band event: %lld us",
+      timediff (&got_event_time, &sent_event_time));
 
   gst_element_set_state (GST_ELEMENT (pipeline), GST_STATE_NULL);
   gst_bin_watch_for_state_change (GST_BIN (pipeline));