diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
index a8c5f199d..f6b883da5 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_s3_bucket.go
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ func resourceAwsS3BucketDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 				return resourceAwsS3BucketDelete(d, meta)
 			}
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting S3 Bucket: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error deleting S3 Bucket: %s %q", err, d.Get("bucket").(string))
 	}
 	return nil
 }