diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
index 3adf6dfc27..797c89b7e2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/pathname.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class Pathname
       case src
       when Array
         if src.empty?
-          opoo "install was passed an empty array"
+          opoo "tried to install empty array to #{self}"
           return []
         end
         src.each {|s| results << install_p(s) }
       when Hash
         if src.empty?
-          opoo "install was passed an empty hash"
+          opoo "tried to install empty hash to #{self}"
           return []
         end
         src.each {|s, new_basename| results << install_p(s, new_basename) }