diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
index 9156d7fafd..94346daf6c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/spiegel.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         xml_url = 'http://video2.spiegel.de/flash/' + video_id + '.xml'
         idoc = self._download_xml(
             xml_url, video_id,
-            note='Downloading XML', errnote='Failed to download XML')
+            note='Downloading XML', errnote='Failed to download XML from "{0}"'.format(xml_url))
 
         formats = [
             {