diff -up shadow-4.1.5.1/src/useradd.c.logmsg shadow-4.1.5.1/src/useradd.c
--- shadow-4.1.5.1/src/useradd.c.logmsg	2013-02-20 15:41:44.000000000 +0100
+++ shadow-4.1.5.1/src/useradd.c	2013-03-19 18:40:04.908292810 +0100
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void fail_exit (int code)
 	              user_name, AUDIT_NO_ID,
 	              SHADOW_AUDIT_FAILURE);
 #endif
-	SYSLOG ((LOG_INFO, "failed adding user '%s', data deleted", user_name));
+	SYSLOG ((LOG_INFO, "failed adding user '%s', exit code: %d", user_name, code));
 	exit (code);
 }