diff --git a/lib/reporter.js b/lib/reporter.js
index c6a14c044..5d27767eb 100644
--- a/lib/reporter.js
+++ b/lib/reporter.js
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ var createReporters = function(names, config, emitter, injector) {
     try {
       reporters.push(injector.createChild([locals], ['reporter:' + name]).get('reporter:' + name));
     } catch(e) {
-      log.warn('Reporter "%s" is not registered!', name);
+      if (e.message.indexOf('No provider for "reporter:' + name + '"') !== -1) {
+        log.warn('Can not load "%s", it is not registered!\n  ' +
+                 'Perhaps you are missing some plugin?', name);
+      } else {
+        log.warn('Can not load "%s"!\n  ' + e.stack, name);
+      }
     }
   });