diff --git a/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c b/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c
index 5597def194d4..c3e3de9e8786 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,8 @@ ufs_direnter(dvp, tvp, dirp, cnp, newdirbp, isrename)
 		error = UFS_TRUNCATE(dvp, (off_t)dp->i_endoff,
 		    IO_NORMAL | (DOINGASYNC(dvp) ? 0 : IO_SYNC), cr);
 		if (error != 0)
-			vn_printf(dvp, "ufs_direnter: failed to truncate ");
+			vn_printf(dvp, "ufs_direnter: failed to truncate "
+			    "err %d", error);
 #ifdef UFS_DIRHASH
 		if (error == 0 && dp->i_dirhash != NULL)
 			ufsdirhash_dirtrunc(dp, dp->i_endoff);