diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/JdkInfo.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/JdkInfo.cs
index 6c4c8b8..4ea56bb 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/JdkInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/JdkInfo.cs
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static IEnumerable<string> GetMacOSMicrosoftJdkPaths ()
 				jdk = new JdkInfo (path, locator);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) {
-				logger (TraceLevel.Warning, $"Not a valid JDK directory: `{path}`; via locator: {locator}");
+				logger (TraceLevel.Warning, $"The directory `{path}`, via locator `{locator}`, is not a valid JDK directory: {e.Message}");
 				logger (TraceLevel.Verbose, e.ToString ());
 			}
 			return jdk;
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/Sdks/AndroidSdkWindows.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/Sdks/AndroidSdkWindows.cs
index 8740798..bf02640 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/Sdks/AndroidSdkWindows.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk/Sdks/AndroidSdkWindows.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ internal static IEnumerable<JdkInfo> GetJdkInfos (Action<TraceLevel, string> log
 					jdk = new JdkInfo (path, locator);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					logger (TraceLevel.Warning, $"Not a valid JDK directory: `{path}`; via category: {locator}");
+					logger (TraceLevel.Warning, $"The directory `{path}`, via locator `{locator}`, is not a valid JDK directory: {e.Message}");
 					logger (TraceLevel.Verbose, e.ToString ());
 				}
 				return jdk;