diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index de70eee234..501a0fc6a9 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -1755,14 +1755,13 @@ static CURLcode parseurlandfillconn(struct Curl_easy *data,
   if(!use_set_uh) {
     char *newurl;
     uc = curl_url_set(uh, CURLUPART_URL, data->state.url,
-                    CURLU_GUESS_SCHEME |
-                    CURLU_NON_SUPPORT_SCHEME |
-                    (data->set.disallow_username_in_url ?
-                     CURLU_DISALLOW_USER : 0) |
-                    (data->set.path_as_is ? CURLU_PATH_AS_IS : 0));
+                      CURLU_GUESS_SCHEME |
+                      CURLU_NON_SUPPORT_SCHEME |
+                      (data->set.disallow_username_in_url ?
+                       CURLU_DISALLOW_USER : 0) |
+                      (data->set.path_as_is ? CURLU_PATH_AS_IS : 0));
     if(uc) {
-      DEBUGF(infof(data, "curl_url_set rejected %s: %s", data->state.url,
-                   curl_url_strerror(uc)));
+      failf(data, "URL rejected: %s", curl_url_strerror(uc));
       return Curl_uc_to_curlcode(uc);
     }
 
@@ -2176,7 +2175,8 @@ static CURLcode parse_proxy(struct Curl_easy *data,
     }
   }
   else {
-    failf(data, "Unsupported proxy syntax in \'%s\'", proxy);
+    failf(data, "Unsupported proxy syntax in \'%s\': %s", proxy,
+          curl_url_strerror(uc));
     result = CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY;
     goto error;
   }