diff --git a/pkg/healthcheck/commit.go b/pkg/healthcheck/commit.go
index 2db46d9..855bb16 100644
--- a/pkg/healthcheck/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/healthcheck/commit.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NonAsciiMsg(root string) error {
 	commits, err := repo.Log(&git.LogOptions{From: ref.Hash()})
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("getting commits", "err", err)
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting commits: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error getting commits from reference %s: %v", ref.Hash(), err)
 	}
 
 	var msgs []string