diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 257df53c7e..939a99658c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
     *   [#2014](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2014): \[core] Making add(SourceCode sourceCode) public for alternative file systems
     *   [#2036](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2036): \[core] Wrong include/exclude patterns are silently ignored
     *   [#2067](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2067): \[core] Build issue on Windows
+    *   [#2072](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2072): \[test]\[core] Not enough info in "test setup error" when numbers of lines do not match
 *   java
     *   [#2042](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2042): \[java] PMD crashes with ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute...
 *   java-bestpractices
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 *   [#2047](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2047): \[java] Fix computation of metrics with annotations - [Andi](https://github.com/andipabst)
 *   [#2065](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2065): \[java] Stop checking UR anomalies - [Carlos Macasaet](https://github.com/l0s)
 *   [#2070](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2070): \[core] Fix renderer tests for windows builds - [Saladoc](https://github.com/Saladoc)
+*   [#2073](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/2073): \[test]\[core] Add expected and actual line of numbers to message wording - [snuyanzin](https://github.com/snuyanzin)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pmd-test/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/testframework/RuleTst.java b/pmd-test/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/testframework/RuleTst.java
index 232f8a45cc..5ba2ce9815 100644
--- a/pmd-test/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/testframework/RuleTst.java
+++ b/pmd-test/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/testframework/RuleTst.java
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ public abstract class RuleTst {
 
         List<Integer> expected = test.getExpectedLineNumbers();
         if (report.size() != expected.size()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Test setup error: number of execpted line numbers doesn't match "
-                    + "number of violations for test case '" + test.getDescription() + "'");
+            throw new RuntimeException("Test setup error: number of expected line numbers " + expected.size()
+                    + " doesn't match number of violations " + report.size() + " for test case '"
+                    + test.getDescription() + "'");
         }
 
         Iterator<RuleViolation> it = report.iterator();