diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 09c3bb1..9078bdb 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 ## changes
 
 * Moved functions into separate files for better code review.
+* `getGRcoverageFromBw()`
 
+   * When it fails to download a bigwig file, it prints the error
+   which is not always informative. Now it also prints the warning,
+   which can tell whether the URL was available, or another error
+   was caused by this step.
 
 # splicejam 0.0.81.900
 
diff --git a/R/jambio-gr-coverage.R b/R/jambio-gr-coverage.R
index 2ef681a..d123bce 100644
--- a/R/jambio-gr-coverage.R
+++ b/R/jambio-gr-coverage.R
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ getGRcoverageFromBw <- function
             bwUrl,
             "', returning NULL.");
          jamba::printDebug(warnText);
+         # print the error
          print(e);
+         # print any associated warnings
+         print(warnings());
          warning(warnText);
          NULL;
       });
diff --git a/man/combineGRcoverage.Rd b/man/combineGRcoverage.Rd
index 74abf54..94f0fa4 100644
--- a/man/combineGRcoverage.Rd
+++ b/man/combineGRcoverage.Rd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/jambio-plot.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/jambio-gr-coverage.R
 \name{combineGRcoverage}
 \alias{combineGRcoverage}
 \title{Combine GRanges coverage replicates}
diff --git a/man/getGRcoverageFromBw.Rd b/man/getGRcoverageFromBw.Rd
index 2a98658..0e816d3 100644
--- a/man/getGRcoverageFromBw.Rd
+++ b/man/getGRcoverageFromBw.Rd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/jambio-plot.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/jambio-gr-coverage.R
 \name{getGRcoverageFromBw}
 \alias{getGRcoverageFromBw}
 \title{Get coverage for GRanges from bigWig files}