diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2fb754b543..3f2e7030fd 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com>
     Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com>
     wojtek
+    Colin Wood <cwood06@gmail.com>
     Marcin Wróbel
     Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com>
     Lars Yencken <lars.yencken@gmail.com>
diff --git a/django/db/migrations/writer.py b/django/db/migrations/writer.py
index 71f81e9e2d..68f3eb50ce 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/writer.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/writer.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class MigrationWriter(object):
                     "and used in the same class body). Please move the "
                     "function into the main module body to use migrations.\n"
                     "For more information, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/migrations/#serializing-values"
-                )
+                    % (value.__name__, module_name))
             return "%s.%s" % (module_name, value.__name__), set(["import %s" % module_name])
         # Classes
         elif isinstance(value, type):
diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
index 8f8437faf9..cce077566a 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_writer.py
@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ class WriterTests(TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             self.serialize_round_trip(TestModel2.thing)
 
+    def test_serialize_local_function_reference_message(self):
+        """
+        Make sure user is seeing which module/function is the issue
+        """
+        class TestModel2(object):
+            def upload_to(self):
+                return "somewhere dynamic"
+            thing = models.FileField(upload_to=upload_to)
+
+        with six.assertRaisesRegex(self, ValueError,
+                '^Could not find function upload_to in migrations.test_writer'):
+            self.serialize_round_trip(TestModel2.thing)
+
     def test_simple_migration(self):
         """
         Tests serializing a simple migration.