diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
index 58f56db230..639f4c065b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play.py
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ class Play(object):
             included_additional_conditions = list(old_conditions)
 
             if not isinstance(x, dict):
-                raise errors.AnsibleError("expecting dict; got: %s" % x)
+                raise errors.AnsibleError("expecting dict; got: %s, error in %s" % (x, original_file))
 
             # evaluate sudo vars for current and child tasks 
             included_sudo_vars = {}