Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java (revision 1573968) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/zookeeper/ZKUtil.java (working copy) @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public static String[] transformClusterKey(String key) throws IOException { String[] parts = key.split(":"); if (parts.length != 3) { - throw new IOException("Cluster key invalid, the format should be:" + + throw new IOException("Cluster key passed " + key + " is invalid, the format should be:" + HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM + ":hbase.zookeeper.client.port:" + HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_ZNODE_PARENT); }