diff --git a/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java b/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
index 7675e946d52e..d40ca2364d59 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/image/default/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/lifecycle/CloudStackImageStoreLifeCycleImpl.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public DataStore initialize(Map<String, Object> dsInfos) {
                 }
             }
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(url + " is not a valid uri");
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException(logString + " is not a valid uri. Note that the URL in this message has been sanitized");
         }
 
         if (dcId == null) {