diff --git a/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp b/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
index 451655f1..8b53a392 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/jemalloc_cpp.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ JEMALLOC_NOINLINE
 static void *
 handleOOM(std::size_t size, bool nothrow) {
 	if (opt_experimental_infallible_new) {
-		safety_check_fail("<jemalloc>: Allocation failed and "
-		    "opt.experimental_infallible_new is true. Aborting.\n");
+		const char *huge_warning = (size >= ((std::size_t)1 << 30)) ?
+		    "This may be caused by heap corruption, if the large size "
+		    "is unexpected (suggest building with sanitizers for "
+		    "debugging)." : "";
+
+		safety_check_fail("<jemalloc>: Allocation of size %zu failed. "
+		    "%s opt.experimental_infallible_new is true. Aborting.\n",
+		    size, huge_warning);
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/integration/cpp/infallible_new_true.cpp b/test/integration/cpp/infallible_new_true.cpp
index d6754128..3976f08b 100644
--- a/test/integration/cpp/infallible_new_true.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/cpp/infallible_new_true.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 typedef void (*abort_hook_t)(const char *message);
 bool fake_abort_called;
 void fake_abort(const char *message) {
-	if (strcmp(message, "<jemalloc>: Allocation failed and "
-	    "opt.experimental_infallible_new is true. Aborting.\n") != 0) {
+	const char *expected_start = "<jemalloc>: Allocation of size";
+	if (strncmp(message, expected_start, strlen(expected_start) != 0)) {
 		abort();
 	}
 	fake_abort_called = true;