diff --git a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/tool/Command.java b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/tool/Command.java
index 95ac85be6bc..a7013579938 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/tool/Command.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/tool/Command.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ abstract class Command {
             }
             rad.read(); // try to read 1 byte
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new UserDataException("could not find file '" + path + "'");
+            throw new UserDataException("could not open file " + e.getMessage());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UserDataException("i/o error reading file '" + path + "', " + e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/tool/TestPrint.java b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/tool/TestPrint.java
index f6b01e71893..88c5ac0840a 100644
--- a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/tool/TestPrint.java
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/tool/TestPrint.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class TestPrint {
         output.shouldContain("missing file");
 
         output = ExecuteHelper.jfr("print", "missing.jfr");
-        output.shouldContain("could not find file ");
+        output.shouldContain("could not open file ");
 
         Path file = Utils.createTempFile("faked-print-file",  ".jfr");
         FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(file.toFile());