diff --git a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
index 227c492328..163d12aca6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libvpxenc.c
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ static av_cold int vpx_init(AVCodecContext *avctx,
         ) {
         if (ctx->crf < enccfg.rc_min_quantizer || ctx->crf > enccfg.rc_max_quantizer) {
                 av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-                       "CQ level must be between minimum and maximum quantizer value (%d-%d)\n",
-                       enccfg.rc_min_quantizer, enccfg.rc_max_quantizer);
+                       "CQ level %d must be between minimum and maximum quantizer value (%d-%d)\n",
+                       ctx->crf, enccfg.rc_min_quantizer, enccfg.rc_max_quantizer);
                 return AVERROR(EINVAL);
         }
     }