diff --git a/commands/unziptar b/commands/unziptar
index f3bcbdae4..0b796b92b 100755
--- a/commands/unziptar
+++ b/commands/unziptar
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ function unziptar() (
 			echo-error 'No extracted files matched the filter:'
 			echo-style --bold='Archive:' ' ' "$(file "$archive")"
 			echo-style --bold='Filter:' ' ' "$filter"
+			echo-style --bold='File:' ' ' "$file"
+			echo-style --bold='-- expanded paths --'
+			expand-path "$archive_directory/$filter"
+			echo-style --bold='-- filtered paths --'
+			echo-verbose "${filtered_paths[@]}"
+			echo-style --bold='-- ls --'
 			ls -la "$archive_directory"
 		} >/dev/stderr
 		return 1
@@ -221,12 +227,16 @@ function unziptar() (
 		# was only one intended?
 		if test -n "$file"; then
 			{
-				echo-error '<file> was not possible, multiple files would have been relocated:'
+				echo-error 'Too many extracted files matched the filter:'
+				echo-style --bold='Archive:' ' ' "$(file "$archive")"
+				echo-style --bold='Filter:' ' ' "$filter"
+				echo-style --bold='File:' ' ' "$file"
+				echo-style --bold='-- expanded paths --'
+				expand-path "$archive_directory/$filter"
+				echo-style --bold='-- filtered paths --'
 				echo-verbose "${filtered_paths[@]}"
-				print_line "directory=[$directory]"
-				print_line "file=[$file]"
-				print_line "filepath=[$filepath]"
-				print_line "archive=[$archive]"
+				echo-style --bold='-- ls --'
+				ls -la "$archive_directory"
 			} >/dev/stderr
 			return 1
 		fi