diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CapturedTypeApproximation.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CapturedTypeApproximation.kt
index 81ad0a3eb57..6a5d9effce7 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CapturedTypeApproximation.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CapturedTypeApproximation.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typesApproximation
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.TypeParameterDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.renderer.ClassifierNamePolicy
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.renderer.DescriptorRenderer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.inference.CapturedTypeConstructor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.inference.isCaptured
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.builtIns
@@ -41,7 +43,14 @@ private class TypeArgument(
 }
 
 private fun TypeArgument.toTypeProjection(): TypeProjection {
-    assert(isConsistent) { "Only consistent enhanced type propection can be converted to type projection" }
+    assert(isConsistent) {
+        val descriptorRenderer = DescriptorRenderer.withOptions {
+            classifierNamePolicy = ClassifierNamePolicy.FULLY_QUALIFIED
+        }
+        "Only consistent enhanced type projection can be converted to type projection, but " +
+        "[${descriptorRenderer.render(typeParameter)}: <${descriptorRenderer.renderType(inProjection)}, ${descriptorRenderer.renderType(outProjection)}>]" +
+        " was found"
+    }
     fun removeProjectionIfRedundant(variance: Variance) = if (variance == typeParameter.variance) Variance.INVARIANT else variance
     return when {
         inProjection == outProjection -> TypeProjectionImpl(inProjection)