diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hghook.py b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hghook.py
index d21dd2871c..42771cd599 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hghook.py
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hghook.py
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ def callback(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, source=None, **kwargs):
     if conn.code == 200:
       print( "scm-hook executed successfully" )
     else:
-      print( "scm-hook failed" )
+      print( "scm-hook failed with error code " + str(conn.code) )