diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
index 305d1479f01..4ac57b6854c 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkManagerImpl.java
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ public class NetworkManagerImpl implements NetworkManager, NetworkService, Manag
             // Check that the maximum number of public IPs for the given
             // accountId will not be exceeded
             if (_accountMgr.resourceLimitExceeded(accountToLock, ResourceType.public_ip)) {
+                UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Maximum number of public IP addresses for account: " + accountToLock.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
                 ResourceAllocationException rae = new ResourceAllocationException("Maximum number of public IP addresses for account: " + accountToLock.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
                 rae.setResourceType("ip");
                 throw rae;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index bb19721ca0e..c8a5c6144a6 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
         // check if the volume can be created for the user
         // Check that the resource limit for volumes won't be exceeded
         if (_accountMgr.resourceLimitExceeded(targetAccount, ResourceType.volume)) {
+            UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Maximum number of volumes for account: " + targetAccount.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
             ResourceAllocationException rae = new ResourceAllocationException("Maximum number of volumes for account: " + targetAccount.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
             rae.setResourceType("volume");
             throw rae;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 930f9905fa9..c9e66ff4353 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2319,6 +2319,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
 
         // check if account/domain is with in resource limits to create a new vm
         if (_accountMgr.resourceLimitExceeded(owner, ResourceType.user_vm)) {
+            UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Maximum number of virtual machines for account: " + owner.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
             ResourceAllocationException rae = new ResourceAllocationException("Maximum number of virtual machines for account: " + owner.getAccountName() + " has been exceeded.");
             rae.setResourceType("vm");
             throw rae;