Improve the error message to clarify the problem

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sf-pcap.c b/sf-pcap.c
index 8d6e89a8..593a30db 100644
--- a/sf-pcap.c
+++ b/sf-pcap.c
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@ pcap_next_packet(pcap_t *p, struct pcap_pkthdr *hdr, u_char **data)
 
 		if (hdr->caplen > MAXIMUM_SNAPLEN) {
 			snprintf(p->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE,
-			    "bogus savefile header");
+			    "bogus savefile header: capture length %u, bigger "
+			    "than maximum of %u", hdr->caplen, MAXIMUM_SNAPLEN);
 			return (-1);
 		}