diff --git a/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp b/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
index dbf4521eb..be55ec706 100644
--- a/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
+++ b/utils/joiner/joinpartition.cpp
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ uint64_t JoinPartition::writeByteStream(int which, ByteStream& bs)
     {
       fs.close();
       ostringstream os;
-      os << "Disk join could not write file " << filename << ": " << strerror(saveErrno) << endl;
+      os << "Disk join could not write to configured path check 'HashJoin' in columnstore.xml " << filename << ": " << strerror(saveErrno) << endl;
       throw IDBExcept(os.str().c_str(), ERR_DBJ_FILE_IO_ERROR);
     }
 
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ uint64_t JoinPartition::writeByteStream(int which, ByteStream& bs)
     {
       fs.close();
       ostringstream os;
-      os << "Disk join could not write file " << filename << ": " << strerror(saveErrno) << endl;
+      os << "Disk join could not write to configured path check 'HashJoin' in columnstore.xml " << filename << ": " << strerror(saveErrno) << endl;
       throw IDBExcept(os.str().c_str(), ERR_DBJ_FILE_IO_ERROR);
     }