diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
index 9bf79177cf..586d0cf872 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public class ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 					}
 					catch (RuntimeException ex) {
 						throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-								"Invalid initialDelayString value \"" + initialDelayString + "\" - cannot parse into long");
+								"Invalid initialDelayString value \"" + initialDelayString + "\"; " + ex);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ public class ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 					}
 					catch (RuntimeException ex) {
 						throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-								"Invalid fixedDelayString value \"" + fixedDelayString + "\" - cannot parse into long");
+								"Invalid fixedDelayString value \"" + fixedDelayString + "\"; " + ex);
 					}
 					tasks.add(this.registrar.scheduleFixedDelayTask(new FixedDelayTask(runnable, fixedDelay, delayToUse)));
 				}
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ public class ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 					}
 					catch (RuntimeException ex) {
 						throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-								"Invalid fixedRateString value \"" + fixedRateString + "\" - cannot parse into long");
+								"Invalid fixedRateString value \"" + fixedRateString + "\"; " + ex);
 					}
 					tasks.add(this.registrar.scheduleFixedRateTask(new FixedRateTask(runnable, fixedRate, delayToUse)));
 				}
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/DefaultTransactionAttribute.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/DefaultTransactionAttribute.java
index ab3df073c7..dfa292eeb0 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/DefaultTransactionAttribute.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/interceptor/DefaultTransactionAttribute.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class DefaultTransactionAttribute extends DefaultTransactionDefinition im
 				}
 				catch (RuntimeException ex) {
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-							"Invalid timeoutString value \"" + timeoutString + "\" - cannot parse into int");
+							"Invalid timeoutString value \"" + timeoutString + "\"; " + ex);
 				}
 			}
 		}