diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ObjDumper.cpp
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@
 
 void ObjDumper::printAsStringList(StringRef StringContent,
                                   size_t StringDataOffset) {
-  if (StringContent.size() < StringDataOffset) {
-    reportUniqueWarning("error: offset is out of string contents");
+  size_t StrSize = StringContent.size();
+  if (StrSize == 0)
+    return;
+  if (StrSize < StringDataOffset) {
+    reportUniqueWarning("offset (0x" + Twine::utohexstr(StringDataOffset) +
+                        ") is past the end of the contents (size 0x" +
+                        Twine::utohexstr(StrSize) + ")");
     return;
   }
+
   const uint8_t *StrContent = StringContent.bytes_begin();
   // Some formats contain additional metadata at the start which should not be
   // interpreted as strings. Skip these bytes, but account for them in the