diff --git a/matlab/print_info.m b/matlab/print_info.m
index bb869e766..f87d712ef 100644
--- a/matlab/print_info.m
+++ b/matlab/print_info.m
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if ~noprint
       case 43
         error('Covariance matrix of shocks is not positive definite')
       case 44 %DsgeLikelihood_hh / dsge_likelihood
-        error('');
+        error('The covariance matrix of the measurement errors is not positive definite.');
       case 51
         error('You are estimating a DSGE-VAR model, but the value of the dsge prior weight is too low!')
       case 52 %DsgeVarLikelihood