diff --git a/Utilities/Adaptors/Adaptor/log.c b/Utilities/Adaptors/Adaptor/log.c
index 8e3fb0bcb3..00751f2785 100644
--- a/Utilities/Adaptors/Adaptor/log.c
+++ b/Utilities/Adaptors/Adaptor/log.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ void WOLog(int level, const char *format, ...)
       strftime(timestamp, sizeof(timestamp), "%d-%b-%Y %T - ", t);
       WA_unlock(logMutex);
 #endif
+      errno = 0;
       log = fopen(logPath, "a+");
       if (log != NULL) {
 #if defined(TIMESTAMP_LOG_MESSAGES)
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ void WOLog(int level, const char *format, ...)
       }else{
 // TODO - figure out how to report this for other web servers
 #if defined(APACHE)
-         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, _webobjects_server, "Failed to append to log file '%s'.  This can occur when the file is not writable by the child httpd process.  A workaround is to change the ownership of the file to match the child httpd process.", logPath);
+         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, _webobjects_server, "Failed to append to log file '%s': %s. This can occur when the file is not writable by the child httpd process. A workaround is to change the file ownership to match the child httpd process. Beware that other restrictions may apply when running Apache using systemd with the PrivateTmp option active.", logPath, strerror(errno));
 #endif
       }
    }