diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderDWI.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderDWI.cpp
index 46bcc9753e..5f27fa5ea8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderDWI.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderDWI.cpp
@@ -337,9 +337,8 @@ bool DWILoader::LoadFromDWIFile( CString sPath, Song &out )
 	m_sLoadingFile = sPath;
 
 	MsdFile msd;
-	bool bResult = msd.ReadFile( sPath );
-	if( !bResult )
-		RageException::Throw( "Error opening file '%s' for reading.", sPath.c_str() );
+	if( !msd.ReadFile( sPath ) )
+		RageException::Throw( "Error opening file \"%s\": %s", sPath.c_str(), msd.GetError().c_str() );
 
 	for( unsigned i=0; i<msd.GetNumValues(); i++ )
 	{
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderKSF.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderKSF.cpp
index 3431d805b4..d7f3e1c6fc 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderKSF.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderKSF.cpp
@@ -260,9 +260,8 @@ void KSFLoader::LoadTags( const CString &str, Song &out )
 bool KSFLoader::LoadGlobalData( const CString &sPath, Song &out )
 {
 	MsdFile msd;
-	bool bResult = msd.ReadFile( sPath );
-	if( !bResult )
-		RageException::Throw( "Error opening file '%s'.", sPath.c_str() );
+	if( !msd.ReadFile( sPath ) )
+		RageException::Throw( "Error opening file \"%s\": %s", sPath.c_str(), msd.GetError().c_str() );
 
 	float BPMPos2 = -1, BPM2 = -1, BPMPos3 = -1, BPM3 = -1;;