diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/fetchnuget/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/fetchnuget/default.nix
index eca601a746cf..99b70ee4a133 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/fetchnuget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dotnet/fetchnuget/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  lib,
   fetchurl,
   buildDotnetPackage,
   unzip,
@@ -14,10 +15,12 @@ attrs@{
   ...
 }:
 if md5 != "" then
-  throw "fetchnuget does not support md5 anymore, please use 'hash' attribute with SRI hash"
+  throw "fetchnuget does not support md5 anymore, please use 'hash' attribute with SRI hash: ${
+    lib.generators.toPretty { } attrs
+  }"
 # This is also detected in fetchurl, but we just throw here to avoid confusion
 else if (sha256 != "" && hash != "") then
-  throw "multiple hashes passed to fetchNuGet"
+  throw "multiple hashes passed to fetchNuGet: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } url}"
 else
   buildDotnetPackage (
     {
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
index e4a70743334b..9575d98960fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/default.nix
@@ -119,16 +119,23 @@ in
 
   # Additional packages needed as part of a fetch
   nativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
-}:
+}@args:
 
 let
   urls_ =
     if urls != [ ] && url == "" then
-      (if lib.isList urls then urls else throw "`urls` is not a list")
+      (
+        if lib.isList urls then urls else throw "`urls` is not a list: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } urls}"
+      )
     else if urls == [ ] && url != "" then
-      (if lib.isString url then [ url ] else throw "`url` is not a string")
+      (
+        if lib.isString url then
+          [ url ]
+        else
+          throw "`url` is not a string: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } urls}"
+      )
     else
-      throw "fetchurl requires either `url` or `urls` to be set";
+      throw "fetchurl requires either `url` or `urls` to be set: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } args}";
 
   hash_ =
     if
@@ -143,7 +150,7 @@ let
         ]
       ) > 1
     then
-      throw "multiple hashes passed to fetchurl"
+      throw "multiple hashes passed to fetchurl: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } urls_}"
     else
 
     if hash != "" then
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ let
       if outputHashAlgo != "" then
         { inherit outputHashAlgo outputHash; }
       else
-        throw "fetchurl was passed outputHash without outputHashAlgo"
+        throw "fetchurl was passed outputHash without outputHashAlgo: ${lib.generators.toPretty { } urls_}"
     else if sha512 != "" then
       {
         outputHashAlgo = "sha512";
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ let
         outputHash = "";
       }
     else
-      throw "fetchurl requires a hash for fixed-output derivation: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " urls_}";
+      throw "fetchurl requires a hash for fixed-output derivation: ${lib.generators.toPretty urls_}";
 in
 
 assert