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diff --git a/gobject/gobjectmodule.c b/gobject/gobjectmodule.c
index d71a9e4..ceda3a5 100644
--- a/gobject/gobjectmodule.c
+++ b/gobject/gobjectmodule.c
@@ -1251,7 +1251,10 @@ pyg_type_register(PyTypeObject *class, const char *type_name)
if (type_name == NULL)
g_free(new_type_name);
if (instance_type == 0) {
- PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "could not create new GType");
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+ "could not create new GType: %s (subclass of %s)",
+ new_type_name,
+ g_type_name(parent_type));
return -1;
}