diff --git a/libtiledbsoma/src/utils/arrow_adapter.cc b/libtiledbsoma/src/utils/arrow_adapter.cc
index f35b82981e..899897a667 100644
--- a/libtiledbsoma/src/utils/arrow_adapter.cc
+++ b/libtiledbsoma/src/utils/arrow_adapter.cc
@@ -1278,8 +1278,9 @@ ArrowAdapter::to_arrow(std::shared_ptr<ColumnBuffer> column) {
 
     if (array->n_buffers != n_buffers) {
         throw TileDBSOMAError(fmt::format(
-            "[ArrowAdapter] expected array n_buffers {}; got {}",
+            "[ArrowAdapter] expected array n_buffers {} for column {}; got {}",
             n_buffers,
+            column->name(),
             array->n_buffers));
     }