1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin.cs
index a8cb357181..4d695e8850 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 
     internal class NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin
     {
-        const string GetMetadataExceptionMsg = "Exception occured in metadata credentials plugin.";
+        const string GetMetadataExceptionStatusMsg = "Exception occurred in metadata credentials plugin.";
+        const string GetMetadataExceptionLogMsg = GetMetadataExceptionStatusMsg + " This is likely not a problem with gRPC itself. Please verify that the code supplying the metadata (usually an authentication token) works correctly.";
         static readonly ILogger Logger = GrpcEnvironment.Logger.ForType<NativeMetadataCredentialsPlugin>();
         static readonly NativeMethods Native = NativeMethods.Get();
 
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Native.grpcsharp_metadata_credentials_notify_from_plugin(callbackPtr, userDataPtr, MetadataArraySafeHandle.Create(Metadata.Empty), StatusCode.Unknown, GetMetadataExceptionMsg);
-                Logger.Error(e, GetMetadataExceptionMsg);
+                Native.grpcsharp_metadata_credentials_notify_from_plugin(callbackPtr, userDataPtr, MetadataArraySafeHandle.Create(Metadata.Empty), StatusCode.Unknown, GetMetadataExceptionStatusMsg);
+                Logger.Error(e, GetMetadataExceptionLogMsg);
             }
         }
 
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Native.grpcsharp_metadata_credentials_notify_from_plugin(callbackPtr, userDataPtr, MetadataArraySafeHandle.Create(Metadata.Empty), StatusCode.Unknown, GetMetadataExceptionMsg);
-                Logger.Error(e, GetMetadataExceptionMsg);
+                Native.grpcsharp_metadata_credentials_notify_from_plugin(callbackPtr, userDataPtr, MetadataArraySafeHandle.Create(Metadata.Empty), StatusCode.Unknown, GetMetadataExceptionStatusMsg);
+                Logger.Error(e, GetMetadataExceptionLogMsg);
             }
         }
     }