diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 6c65716bbf8..c1fcfe670b2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
 
         (module_style, shebang, module_data) = self._configure_module(module_name=module_name, module_args=module_args, task_vars=task_vars)
         if not shebang:
-            raise AnsibleError("module is missing interpreter line")
+            raise AnsibleError("module (%s) is missing interpreter line" % module_name)
 
         # a remote tmp path may be necessary and not already created
         remote_module_path = None