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-rw-r--r--synapse/api/events/__init__.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
index a9991e9c94..0cee196851 100644
--- a/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/api/events/__init__.py
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ class SynapseEvent(JsonEncodedObject):
                     return "Missing %s key" % key
 
                 if type(content[key]) != type(template[key]):
-                    return "Key %s is of the wrong type." % key
+                    return "Key %s is of the wrong type (got %s, want %s)" % (
+                        key, type(content[key]), type(template[key]))
 
                 if type(content[key]) == dict:
                     # we must go deeper