[Juan-Carlos Segovia](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=jsegovia) (Migrated from [SEC-3012](https://jira.spring.io/browse/SEC-3012?redirect=false)) said: protected Remote lookupStub() RemoteException message is: throw new RemoteLookupFailureException("Lookup of RMI stub failed", ex); The message can be improved by adding: throw new RemoteLookupFailureException("Lookup of RMI service [" + getServiceUrl() + "] stub failed", ex); So the user can have a better idea about the error.