diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java b/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
index 7675e946d52..d40ca2364d5 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl implements ImageStoreLifeCycle {
                 }
             }
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(url + " is not a valid uri");
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(logString + " is not a valid uri. Note that the URL in this message has been sanitized");
         }
 
         if (dcId == null) {