friendlier error message

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/bundler/source/path.rb b/lib/bundler/source/path.rb
index dd229db783..ae65b37b3f 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/source/path.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/source/path.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ module Bundler
         somepath.expand_path(Bundler.root)
       rescue ArgumentError => e
         Bundler.ui.debug(e)
-        raise PathError, "The path `#{somepath}` could not be used due to an error: #{e.message}."
+        raise PathError, "There was an error while trying to use the path " \
+          "`#{somepath}`.\nThe error message was: #{e.message}."
       end
 
       def app_cache_path
diff --git a/spec/install/gemfile/path_spec.rb b/spec/install/gemfile/path_spec.rb
index bab6fed200..f36f383877 100644
--- a/spec/install/gemfile/path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/install/gemfile/path_spec.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe "bundle install with explicit source paths" do
     install_gemfile <<-G
       gem 'foo', :path => "~#{username}/#{relative_path}"
     G
-    expect(out).to match("The path `~#{username}/#{relative_path}` could not be used due to an error")
+    expect(out).to match("There was an error while trying to use the path `~#{username}/#{relative_path}`.")
     expect(out).to match("user #{username} doesn't exist")
   end