diff --git a/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java b/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
index 3678f973be8ab8878dfb0b2d20e346f2b082b4b1..87d3dcf6860e52603e30b9d3ea487921d8a075bd 100644
--- a/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
+++ b/aerospike/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/AerospikeClient.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class AerospikeClient extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB {
           new com.aerospike.client.AerospikeClient(clientPolicy, host, port);
     } catch (AerospikeException e) {
       throw new DBException(String.format("Error while creating Aerospike " +
-          "client for %s:%d.", host, port));
+          "client for %s:%d.", host, port), e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class AerospikeClient extends com.yahoo.ycsb.DB {
         return RESULT_OK;
       } catch (AerospikeException e) {
         if (e.getResultCode() != ResultCode.DEVICE_OVERLOAD) {
-          System.err.println("Error while updating key " + key + ": " + e);
+          System.err.println("Error while writing key " + key + ": " + e);
           return RESULT_ERROR;
         }