1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 17538117a5..da56f31a67 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 		}
 		count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
 		if (count < 0)
-			die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
+			die("Bad alias.%s string: %s", alias_command,
+			    split_cmdline_strerror(count));
 		option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
 		if (envchanged)
 			die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"