diff --git a/modules/field/field.crud.inc b/modules/field/field.crud.inc
index 83863d6..04abc0d 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.crud.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.crud.inc
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ function field_create_field($field) {
   }
   // Field type is required.
   if (empty($field['type'])) {
-    throw new FieldException('Attempt to create a field with no type.');
+    throw new FieldException(format_string('Attempt to create field @field_name with no type.', array('@field_name' => $field['field_name'])));
   }
   // Field name cannot contain invalid characters.
   if (!preg_match('/^[_a-z]+[_a-z0-9]*$/', $field['field_name'])) {
     throw new FieldException('Attempt to create a field with invalid characters. Only lowercase alphanumeric characters and underscores are allowed, and only lowercase letters and underscore are allowed as the first character');
+    throw new FieldException(format_string('Attempt to create a field @field_name with invalid characters. Only lowercase alphanumeric characters and underscores are allowed, and only lowercase letters and underscore are allowed as the first character', array('@field_name' => $field['field_name'])));
   }
 
   // Field name cannot be longer than 32 characters. We use drupal_strlen()
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ function field_create_instance($instance) {
   }
   // Check that the required properties exists.
   if (empty($instance['entity_type'])) {
-    throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create an instance of field @field_name without an entity type.', array('@field_name' => $instance['field_name'])));
+    throw new FieldException(format_string('Attempt to create a field @field_name with no entity_type.', array('@field_name' => $field['field_name'])));
   }
   if (empty($instance['bundle'])) {
     throw new FieldException(t('Attempt to create an instance of field @field_name without a bundle.', array('@field_name' => $instance['field_name'])));