diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmppElementUtil.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmppElementUtil.java
index 315edfe2c..336e1e21e 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmppElementUtil.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/XmppElementUtil.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  *
- * Copyright 2018-2019 Florian Schmaus
+ * Copyright 2018-2020 Florian Schmaus
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class XmppElementUtil {
             namespace = (String) fullyQualifiedElement.getField("NAMESPACE").get(null);
         }
         catch (IllegalArgumentException | IllegalAccessException | NoSuchFieldException | SecurityException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The class" + fullyQualifiedElement + " has no ELEMENT, NAMSEPACE or QNAME member. Consider adding QNAME", e);
         }
 
         return new QName(namespace, element);