diff --git a/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java b/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
index 44ffd0310..1d9e624e4 100644
--- a/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
+++ b/cruise-control/src/main/java/com/linkedin/kafka/cruisecontrol/config/KafkaAdminTopicConfigProvider.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public Map<String, Properties> allTopicConfigs() {
     try {
       topicNames = _adminClient.listTopics().names().get();
     } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
-      LOG.warn("Unable to obtain list of all topic names from the Kafka Cluster");
+      LOG.warn("Unable to obtain list of all topic names from the Kafka Cluster: " + e);
     }
 
     if (topicNames == null) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
     try {
       clusterConfigs = describeClusterConfigs(_adminClient, DESCRIBE_CLUSTER_CONFIGS_TIMEOUT);
     } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException("Failed to describe Kafka cluster configs.");
+      throw new RuntimeException("Failed to describe Kafka cluster configs: " + e);
     }
 
     if (clusterConfigs != null) {