diff --git a/etiquette/exceptions.py b/etiquette/exceptions.py
index 2a84b62..c16f3dd 100644
--- a/etiquette/exceptions.py
+++ b/etiquette/exceptions.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class NoClosestPhotoDB(EtiquetteException):
     For calls to PhotoDB.closest_photodb where none exists between cwd and
     drive root.
     '''
-    error_message = 'There is no PhotoDB in {} or its parents.'
+    error_message = 'There is no PhotoDB in "{}" or its parents.'
 
 class NoYields(EtiquetteException):
     '''
diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index 00a1a4f..8e60946 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ class PhotoDB(
                 break
             parent = path.parent
             if path == parent:
-                raise exceptions.NoClosestPhotoDB(cwd)
+                raise exceptions.NoClosestPhotoDB(cwd.absolute_path)
             path = parent
 
         path = path.with_child(constants.DEFAULT_DATADIR)