diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index fa227ada62..94a2f34141 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ retry:
         goto retry;
 
     if (reply->status_code > 400){
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "method %s failed: %d%s\n",
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "method %s failed: %d (%s)\n",
                method,
                reply->status_code,
                reply->reason);