diff --git a/rcl/src/rcl/init.c b/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
index 63b97e6..f80886a 100644
--- a/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
+++ b/rcl/src/rcl/init.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ rcl_init(
   ret = rcl_logging_configure(&context->global_arguments, &allocator);
   if (RCL_RET_OK != ret) {
     fail_ret = ret;
-    RCUTILS_LOG_ERROR_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME, "Failed to configure logging. %i", fail_ret);
+    RCUTILS_LOG_ERROR_NAMED(ROS_PACKAGE_NAME, "Failed to configure logging: %s", rcutils_get_error_string().str);
     goto fail;
   }