diff --git a/src/bin/eolian/main.c b/src/bin/eolian/main.c
index 2b66a8917f..0b288d1d38 100644
--- a/src/bin/eolian/main.c
+++ b/src/bin/eolian/main.c
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ _read_file(char *filename, Eina_Strbuf *buffer)
              ERR("Couldnt allocate memory for file %s", filename);
              goto end;
           }
-        long actual_size = (long)fread(content, file_size, 1, fd);
+        long actual_size = (long)fread(content, 1, file_size, fd);
         if (actual_size != file_size)
           {
-             ERR("Couldnt read the %ld bytes of file %s", file_size, filename);
+             ERR("Couldnt read the %ld bytes of file %s (read %ld bytes)",
+                 file_size, filename, actual_size);
              free(content);
              goto end;
           }