diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigException.java b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigException.java
index f781b3755..f35e8dbea 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigException.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigException.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
 import com.typesafe.config.impl.ConfigImplUtil;
-import com.typesafe.config.impl.Path;
 
 /**
  * All exceptions thrown by the library are subclasses of
@@ -127,8 +126,8 @@ public Missing(String path, Throwable cause) {
                     cause);
         }
 
-        public Missing(ConfigOrigin origin, Path path) {
-            this(origin, "No configuration setting found for key '" + path.render() + "'");
+        public Missing(ConfigOrigin origin, String path) {
+            this(origin, "No configuration setting found for key '" + path + "'", null);
         }
 
         public Missing(String path) {
@@ -139,9 +138,6 @@ protected Missing(ConfigOrigin origin, String message, Throwable cause) {
             super(origin, message, cause);
         }
 
-        protected Missing(ConfigOrigin origin, String message) {
-            this(origin, message, null);
-        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/Path.java b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/Path.java
index 1e0fd7471..d39a57c68 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/Path.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/Path.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigException;
 
-public final class Path {
+final class Path {
 
     final private String first;
     final private Path remainder;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public String toString() {
      * toString() is a debugging-oriented version while this is an
      * error-message-oriented human-readable one.
      */
-    public String render() {
+    String render() {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         appendToStringBuilder(sb);
         return sb.toString();
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/SimpleConfig.java b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/SimpleConfig.java
index 308d14ca7..c0d6b65c7 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/SimpleConfig.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/impl/SimpleConfig.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static private AbstractConfigValue findKeyOrNull(AbstractConfigObject self, Stri
             ConfigValueType expected, Path originalPath) {
         AbstractConfigValue v = self.peekAssumingResolved(key, originalPath);
         if (v == null)
-            throw new ConfigException.Missing(self.origin(), originalPath);
+            throw new ConfigException.Missing(self.origin(), originalPath.render());
 
         if (expected != null)
             v = DefaultTransformer.transform(v, expected);