diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
index 6d70f02483d..bd6e01c9fe1 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def _lut(image, lut):
             lut = lut + lut + lut
         return image.point(lut)
     else:
-        msg = "not supported for this image mode"
+        msg = "not supported for image mode " + image.mode
         raise OSError(msg)