diff --git a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/ManagementContext.java b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/ManagementContext.java
index 28c6f8c3d09..1e2c1bc97dc 100644
--- a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/ManagementContext.java
+++ b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/jmx/ManagementContext.java
@@ -567,9 +567,11 @@ private void createConnector(MBeanServer mbeanServer) throws IOException {
             Attribute attr = new Attribute("Port", connectorPort);
             mbeanServer.setAttribute(namingServiceObjectName, attr);
         } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            LOG.debug("Probably not using JRE 1.4: {}", e.getLocalizedMessage());
+            LOG.warn("Probably not using JRE 1.4: {}", e.getLocalizedMessage());
         } catch (Throwable e) {
-            LOG.debug("Failed to create local registry. This exception will be ignored.", e);
+            LOG.warn("Failed to create local RMI registry on port {}. This may happen when another process or broker instance "
+                    + "is already using the port. To resolve, either change the connectorPort in your managementContext configuration "
+                    + "or set createConnector=\"false\" if remote JMX access is not required. This exception will be ignored.", connectorPort, e);
         }
 
         // Create the JMXConnectorServer