diff --git a/lib/features/context-pad/ContextPad.js b/lib/features/context-pad/ContextPad.js
index f43ec3eca..76e9cb1c8 100644
--- a/lib/features/context-pad/ContextPad.js
+++ b/lib/features/context-pad/ContextPad.js
@@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ ContextPad.prototype._createHtml = function(target) {
  * @return { { html: HTMLElement } }
  */
 ContextPad.prototype.getPad = function(target) {
-  console.warn(new Error(
-    'getPad is deprecated and will be removed in future library versions'
-  ));
+  console.warn(new Error('ContextPad#getPad is deprecated and will be removed in future library versions, cf. https://github.com/bpmn-io/diagram-js/pull/888'));
 
   let html;
 
diff --git a/test/spec/features/context-pad/ContextPadSpec.js b/test/spec/features/context-pad/ContextPadSpec.js
index 4bb61479c..867ea7640 100755
--- a/test/spec/features/context-pad/ContextPadSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/context-pad/ContextPadSpec.js
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ describe('features/context-pad', function() {
 
       expect(warnSpy).to.have.been.calledOnce;
       expect(warnSpy.getCall(0).args[ 0 ]).to.be.instanceOf(Error);
-      expect(warnSpy.getCall(0).args[ 0 ].message).to.equal('getPad is deprecated and will be removed in future library versions');
+      expect(warnSpy.getCall(0).args[ 0 ].message).to.match(/is deprecated/);
     }));
 
   });