diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index d063977..32a74d7 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (p processor) handleNonArray(j *json.JSON, clue byte, topLevel bool) error
 		return errNotArrayWas(guessJSONType(j.Peek()))
 	}
 	if !json.SaneValueStart(clue) {
-		return errPathLeadToBadValue(clue)
+		return errPathLeadToBadValue(clue, p.options.Path)
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -246,15 +246,14 @@ func errBadPath(chunk string) error {
 func errBlankPath() error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("bad blank path node, did you have a double dot?")
 }
-func errPathLeadToBadValue(start byte) error {
+func errPathLeadToBadValue(start byte, path string) error {
 	t := guessJSONType(start)
 
-	// TODO: reference the path
 	if t != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("path lead to %s not an object", t)
+		return fmt.Errorf("path (%s) lead to %s not an object", path, t)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("path lead to bad value start: %c", start)
+	return fmt.Errorf("path (%s) lead to bad value start: %c", path, start)
 }
 
 func errBadArrayValueStart(start byte, index int) error {
diff --git a/processor_test.go b/processor_test.go
index 7345de0..ce7d20b 100644
--- a/processor_test.go
+++ b/processor_test.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 			opts: options.Set{
 				Path: "something",
 			},
-			expErr: errPathLeadToBadValue('b'),
+			expErr: errPathLeadToBadValue('b', "something"),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "path leads to a number",
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func TestErrPathLeadToBadValueMessage(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := errPathLeadToBadValue(tc.clue)
+			err := errPathLeadToBadValue(tc.clue, "xyz")
 			str := err.Error()
 			assert.Contains(t, str, tc.contains)
 		})