diff --git a/lauxlib.c b/lauxlib.c
index ea12c460..5f746bee 100644
--- a/lauxlib.c
+++ b/lauxlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.245 2012/08/16 17:32:20 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lauxlib.c,v 1.246 2012/09/24 22:57:26 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Auxiliary functions for building Lua libraries
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ LUALIB_API int luaL_argerror (lua_State *L, int narg, const char *extramsg) {
   if (strcmp(ar.namewhat, "method") == 0) {
     narg--;  /* do not count `self' */
     if (narg == 0)  /* error is in the self argument itself? */
-      return luaL_error(L, "calling " LUA_QS " on bad self", ar.name);
+      return luaL_error(L, "calling " LUA_QS " on bad self (%s)",
+                           ar.name, extramsg);
   }
   if (ar.name == NULL)
     ar.name = (pushglobalfuncname(L, &ar)) ? lua_tostring(L, -1) : "?";