diff --git a/oak-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/session/SessionImpl.java b/oak-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/session/SessionImpl.java
index c19fc6a365..8a08332b40 100644
--- a/oak-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/session/SessionImpl.java
+++ b/oak-jcr/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/session/SessionImpl.java
@@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ public class SessionImpl implements JackrabbitSession {
     public Item getItem(String absPath) throws RepositoryException {
         Item item = getItemOrNull(checkNotNull(absPath));
         if (item == null) {
-            throw new PathNotFoundException(absPath);
+            String msg = String.format("path=%s, userid=%s",absPath,getUserID());
+            throw new PathNotFoundException(msg);
         }
         return item;
     }