diff --git a/src/error.cpp b/src/error.cpp
index 9811a1d3eb..4095ab3313 100644
--- a/src/error.cpp
+++ b/src/error.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void Error::one(const std::string &file, int line, const std::string &str)
   MPI_Comm_rank(world,&me);
 
   if (input && input->line) lastcmd = input->line;
-  std::string mesg = fmt::format("ERROR on proc {}: {} ({}:{})\n",
+  std::string mesg = fmt::format("ERROR on proc {}: {} ({}:{})\nLast command: {}\n",
                                  me,str,truncpath(file),line,lastcmd);
   utils::logmesg(lmp,mesg);