diff --git a/test/e2e/service.go b/test/e2e/service.go
index edeb2beb934..52ae030e9c3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/service.go
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ func (j *ServiceTestJig) waitForPodsCreated(namespace string, replicas int) ([]s
 func (j *ServiceTestJig) waitForPodsReady(namespace string, pods []string) error {
 	timeout := 2 * time.Minute
 	if !checkPodsRunningReady(j.Client, namespace, pods, timeout) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Timeout waiting for %d pods to be ready")
+		return fmt.Errorf("Timeout waiting for %d pods to be ready", len(pods))
 	}
 	return nil
 }