diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index 5214f6b96d4..dd85cae83ff 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-04-07 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Changed the message generated in the 'targetRequestFailed' methods of CDebugElement.
+	* CDebugElement.java
+
 2003-04-07 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Replaced 'toString()' by 'getMessage()' for CDI exceptions.
 	* CSharedLibraryManager.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugElement.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugElement.java
index 977e108acff..79ab46762f0 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugElement.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugElement.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class CDebugElement extends PlatformObject
 	 */
 	public void targetRequestFailed( String message, CDIException e ) throws DebugException
 	{
-		requestFailed( message, e, DebugException.TARGET_REQUEST_FAILED );
+		requestFailed( "Target request failed: " + message, e, DebugException.TARGET_REQUEST_FAILED );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public class CDebugElement extends PlatformObject
 	 */
 	public void targetRequestFailed( String message, Throwable e ) throws DebugException
 	{
-		throwDebugException( message, DebugException.TARGET_REQUEST_FAILED, e );
+		throwDebugException( "Target request failed: " + message, DebugException.TARGET_REQUEST_FAILED, e );
 	}
 	
 	/**