diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
index 4f4f2d8b2..433586f3b 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-port.cc
@@ -1095,10 +1095,12 @@ class CapturedStream {
                                             0,  // Generate unique file name.
                                             temp_file_path);
     GTEST_CHECK_(success != 0)
-        << "Unable to create a temporary file in " << temp_dir_path;
+        << "Failed to create temporary file in " << temp_dir_path
+        << " with error " << ::GetLastError();
     const int captured_fd = creat(temp_file_path, _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE);
     GTEST_CHECK_(captured_fd != -1)
-        << "Unable to open temporary file " << temp_file_path;
+        << "Failed to open temporary file " << temp_file_path << " with error "
+        << ::GetLastError();
     filename_ = temp_file_path;
 #else
     // There's no guarantee that a test has write access to the current