diff --git a/changelog.d/19869.bugfix b/changelog.d/19869.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2772db850f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/19869.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make simple_select_one_onecol_txn() more helpful by naming the table of the select - as all other query wrapper functions already did.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/database.py b/synapse/storage/database.py
index 39c0631d50..023014276b 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/database.py
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ class DatabasePool:
             if allow_none:
                 return None
             else:
-                raise StoreError(404, "No row found")
+                raise StoreError(404, f"No row found ({table})")
 
     @staticmethod
     def simple_select_onecol_txn(