diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnnotationResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnnotationResolver.java
index 67eca3be4a7..0d2eb250234 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnnotationResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnnotationResolver.java
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ public class AnnotationResolver {
         for (JetAnnotationEntry annotation : annotations) {
             AnnotationDescriptor annotationDescriptor = trace.get(BindingContext.ANNOTATION, annotation);
             if (annotationDescriptor == null) {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("Annotation for annotation should have been resolved: " + annotation);
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Annotation for annotation should have been resolved: \n" +
+                                                JetPsiUtil.getElementTextWithContext(annotation));
             }
 
             result.add(annotationDescriptor);