diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
index fbf5e1c3d61..54e82acd54d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class ModuleArgsParser:
             if item in module_loader or item == 'meta' or item == 'include':
                 # finding more than one module name is a problem
                 if action is not None:
-                    raise AnsibleParserError("conflicting action statements", obj=self._task_ds)
+                    raise AnsibleParserError("conflicting action statements (%s, %s)" % (action, item), obj=self._task_ds)
                 action = item
                 thing = value
                 action, args = self._normalize_parameters(value, action=action, additional_args=additional_args)