diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/NettyRequestSender.java b/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/NettyRequestSender.java
index de7dfe9469..5c0382b34a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/NettyRequestSender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/NettyRequestSender.java
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public <T> void writeRequest(NettyResponseFuture<T> future, Channel channel) {
 
             // don't bother scheduling timeouts if channel became invalid
             if (Channels.isChannelValid(channel))
-                scheduleTimeouts(future);
+                scheduleTimeouts(httpRequest, future);
 
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             LOGGER.error("Can't write request", t);
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ private void configureTransferAdapter(AsyncHandler<?> handler, HttpRequest httpR
         TransferCompletionHandler.class.cast(handler).headers(h);
     }
 
-    private void scheduleTimeouts(NettyResponseFuture<?> nettyResponseFuture) {
+    private void scheduleTimeouts(HttpRequest httpRequest, NettyResponseFuture<?> nettyResponseFuture) {
 
         nettyResponseFuture.touch();
         int requestTimeoutInMs = requestTimeout(config, nettyResponseFuture.getRequest());
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ private void scheduleTimeouts(NettyResponseFuture<?> nettyResponseFuture) {
         if (readTimeoutValue != -1 && readTimeoutValue < requestTimeoutInMs) {
             // no need for a readTimeout that's less than the requestTimeout
             Timeout readTimeout = newTimeout(new ReadTimeoutTimerTask(nettyResponseFuture, this, timeoutsHolder,
-                    requestTimeoutInMs, readTimeoutValue), readTimeoutValue);
+                    requestTimeoutInMs, readTimeoutValue, httpRequest), readTimeoutValue);
             timeoutsHolder.readTimeout = readTimeout;
         }
         nettyResponseFuture.setTimeoutsHolder(timeoutsHolder);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/timeout/ReadTimeoutTimerTask.java b/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/timeout/ReadTimeoutTimerTask.java
index cb0678ba7a..d9e2b09d36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/timeout/ReadTimeoutTimerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ning/http/client/providers/netty/request/timeout/ReadTimeoutTimerTask.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import static com.ning.http.util.DateUtils.millisTime;
 
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.Timeout;
 
 import com.ning.http.client.providers.netty.future.NettyResponseFuture;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public class ReadTimeoutTimerTask extends TimeoutTimerTask {
 
     private final long readTimeout;
     private final long requestTimeoutInstant;
+    private final HttpRequest httpRequest;
 
     public ReadTimeoutTimerTask(//
             NettyResponseFuture<?> nettyResponseFuture,//
@@ -30,8 +32,19 @@ public ReadTimeoutTimerTask(//
             TimeoutsHolder timeoutsHolder,//
             long requestTimeout,//
             long readTimeout) {
+        this(nettyResponseFuture, requestSender, timeoutsHolder, requestTimeout, readTimeout, null);
+    }
+
+    public ReadTimeoutTimerTask(//
+            NettyResponseFuture<?> nettyResponseFuture,//
+            NettyRequestSender requestSender,//
+            TimeoutsHolder timeoutsHolder,//
+            long requestTimeout,//
+            long readTimeout,//
+            HttpRequest httpRequest) {
         super(nettyResponseFuture, requestSender, timeoutsHolder);
         this.readTimeout = readTimeout;
+        this.httpRequest = httpRequest;
         requestTimeoutInstant = requestTimeout >= 0 ? nettyResponseFuture.getStart() + requestTimeout : Long.MAX_VALUE;
     }
 
@@ -52,7 +65,12 @@ public void run(Timeout timeout) throws Exception {
 
         if (durationBeforeCurrentReadTimeout <= 0L) {
             // readTimeout reached
-            String message = "Read timeout to " + remoteAddress + " of " + readTimeout + " ms";
+            String message;
+            if (httpRequest == null) {
+                message = "Read timeout to " + remoteAddress + " of " + readTimeout + " ms";
+            } else {
+                message = "Read timeout to " + httpRequest.getUri() + " of " + readTimeout + " ms";
+            }
             long durationSinceLastTouch = now - nettyResponseFuture.getLastTouch();
             expire(message, durationSinceLastTouch);
             // cancel request timeout sibling