diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/utils/create-fingerprinter.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/utils/create-fingerprinter.js
index 263b349f2a..d0f103dcfb 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/utils/create-fingerprinter.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/utils/create-fingerprinter.js
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@ export default function(foreignKey, nspaceKey, partitionKey, hash = JSON.stringi
     return function(item) {
       foreignKeyValue = foreignKeyValue == null ? item[foreignKey] : foreignKeyValue;
       if (foreignKeyValue == null) {
-        throw new Error('Unable to create fingerprint, missing foreignKey value');
+        throw new Error(
+          `Unable to create fingerprint, missing foreignKey value. Looking for value in \`${foreignKey}\` got \`${foreignKeyValue}\``
+        );
       }
       const slugKeys = slugKey.split(',');
       const slugValues = slugKeys.map(function(slugKey) {
-        if (get(item, slugKey) == null || get(item, slugKey).length < 1) {
-          throw new Error('Unable to create fingerprint, missing slug');
+        const slug = get(item, slugKey);
+        if (slug == null || slug.length < 1) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `Unable to create fingerprint, missing slug. Looking for value in \`${slugKey}\` got \`${slug}\``
+          );
         }
-        return get(item, slugKey);
+        return slug;
       });
       // This ensures that all data objects have a Namespace and a Partition
       // value set, even in OSS.