diff --git a/PageObjectLibrary/pageobject.py b/PageObjectLibrary/pageobject.py
index fc1eb2f..a819347 100644
--- a/PageObjectLibrary/pageobject.py
+++ b/PageObjectLibrary/pageobject.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ def _wait_for_page_refresh(self, timeout=10):
         old_page = self.browser.find_element_by_tag_name('html')
         yield
         WebDriverWait(self.browser, timeout).until(
-            staleness_of(old_page)
+            staleness_of(old_page),
+            message="Old page did not go stale within %ss" % timeout
         )
         self.se2lib.wait_for_condition("return (document.readyState == 'complete')", timeout=10)