diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
index 80ca06113b2..db20ccd7dc5 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
@@ -432,11 +432,11 @@ func (e *CloudWatchExecutor) ec2DescribeInstances(region string, filters []*ec2.
 	dsInfo := e.getDsInfo(region)
 	cfg, err := getAwsConfig(dsInfo)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call describe instances")
+		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call ec2:DescribeInstances")
 	}
 	sess, err := session.NewSession(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call describe instances")
+		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call ec2:DescribeInstances")
 	}
 	svc := ec2.New(sess, cfg)
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func (e *CloudWatchExecutor) ec2DescribeInstances(region string, filters []*ec2.
 			return !lastPage
 		})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call describe instances")
+		return nil, errors.New("Failed to call ec2:DescribeInstances")
 	}
 
 	return &resp, nil