diff --git a/tccpp.c b/tccpp.c
index f6f8a6a5..09ff7cf6 100644
--- a/tccpp.c
+++ b/tccpp.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void macro_subst(
 ST_FUNC void skip(int c)
 {
     if (tok != c)
-        error("'%c' expected", c);
+        error("'%c' expected (got \"%s\"", c, get_tok_str(tok, NULL));
     next();
 }