diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index 63bfb871e819..5149d0dbc7d9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ protected function handleCircularReference($object)
             return call_user_func($this->circularReferenceHandler, $object);
         }
 
-        throw new CircularReferenceException(sprintf('A circular reference has been detected (configured limit: %d).', $this->circularReferenceLimit));
+        throw new CircularReferenceException(sprintf('A circular reference has been detected when serializing the object of class "%s" (configured limit: %d)', get_class($object), $this->circularReferenceLimit));
     }
 
     /**