diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/ExecutionFinishedException.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/ExecutionFinishedException.java
index 84ae14c366e7..a10e3f870368 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/ExecutionFinishedException.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/execution/ExecutionFinishedException.java
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ public class ExecutionFinishedException extends ExecutionException {
   }
 
   public ExecutionFinishedException(Throwable cause) {
-    super("Execution finished", cause);
+    super("Execution finished" + (cause == null || cause.getMessage() == null ? "" : " caused by: " + cause.getMessage()), cause);
   }
 }