diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f0cc37e9d..4a4b4974e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-26  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* parser/gapi2xml.pl : beef up error message for signal vm parse.
+	[Fixes #82149]
+
 2007-07-24  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* bootstrap-2.10 : bump version and tag 2.10.2. 
diff --git a/parser/gapi2xml.pl b/parser/gapi2xml.pl
index 5d65ffa18..ad3c1ecf8 100755
--- a/parser/gapi2xml.pl
+++ b/parser/gapi2xml.pl
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ sub addSignalElem
 		}
 		$class =~ s/;\s*(\/\*< (public|protected|private) >\s*\*\/)?(G_CONST_RETURN\s+)?\w+\s*\**\s*\(\s*\*\s*$method\)\s*\(.*?\);/;/;
 	} else {
-		die "$method $class";
+		die "ERROR: Failed to parse method $method from class definition:\n$class";
 	}
 
 	return $class;