diff --git a/python/sglang/test/test_utils.py b/python/sglang/test/test_utils.py
index 9db2b9a7c..7d8899b72 100644
--- a/python/sglang/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/python/sglang/test/test_utils.py
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ def popen_launch_server(
 
             return_code = process.poll()
             if return_code is not None:
-                raise Exception(f"Server unexpectedly exits ({return_code=}).")
+                raise Exception(
+                    f"Server unexpectedly exits ({return_code=}). Usually there will be error logs describing the cause far above this line."
+                )
 
             time.sleep(10)