diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_loadbalancer.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_loadbalancer.go
index fb839f347ba..bdf90c19ae1 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/aws/aws_loadbalancer.go
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancer(namespacedName types.NamespacedName, loadBala
 
 // Makes sure that the health check for an ELB matches the configured listeners
 func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerHealthCheck(loadBalancer *elb.LoadBalancerDescription, listeners []*elb.Listener) error {
+	name := aws.StringValue(loadBalancer.LoadBalancerName)
+
 	actual := loadBalancer.HealthCheck
 
 	// Default AWS settings
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerHealthCheck(loadBalancer *elb.LoadBalancerDesc
 	}
 
 	if expectedTarget == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to determine health check port (no valid listeners)")
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to determine health check port for %q (no valid listeners)", name)
 	}
 
 	if expectedTarget == orEmpty(actual.Target) &&
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerHealthCheck(loadBalancer *elb.LoadBalancerDesc
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	glog.V(2).Info("Updating load-balancer health-check")
+	glog.V(2).Info("Updating load-balancer health-check for %q", name)
 
 	healthCheck := &elb.HealthCheck{}
 	healthCheck.HealthyThreshold = &expectedHealthyThreshold
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ func (c *Cloud) ensureLoadBalancerHealthCheck(loadBalancer *elb.LoadBalancerDesc
 
 	_, err := c.elb.ConfigureHealthCheck(request)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error configuring load-balancer health-check: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error configuring load-balancer health-check for %q: %v", name, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil