diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/validation/interpolation/ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java b/src/main/java/graphql/validation/interpolation/ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java
index f75f41c..daaa0f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/validation/interpolation/ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/validation/interpolation/ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import graphql.schema.GraphQLDirective;
 import graphql.validation.el.StandardELVariables;
 import graphql.validation.rules.ValidationEnvironment;
-import javax.validation.Path;
 import org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.MessageInterpolatorContext;
 import org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.core.ConstraintHelper;
 import org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.descriptor.ConstraintDescriptorImpl;
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.validator.spi.resourceloading.ResourceBundleLocator;
 
 import javax.validation.Constraint;
+import javax.validation.Path;
 import javax.validation.Payload;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * This message interpolator will try to convert message templates into I18N messages and then run message property replacement
  * and expression interpolation.
  * <p>
- *
+ * <p>
  * By default this looks for a resource bundle file called "ValidationMessages.properties" on the class path but you can can
  * override {@link #getResourceBundle(java.util.Locale)} to provide your own resource bundle
  * <p>
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public class ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator implements MessageInterpolator {
      * @param messageTemplate       the message template
      * @param messageParams         the parameters
      * @param validationEnvironment the rule environment
-     *
      * @return an ErrorClassification
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ protected ErrorClassification buildErrorClassification(String messageTemplate, M
      * You can override this to provide your own resource bundles for a given locale
      *
      * @param locale the locale in question
-     *
      * @return a resource bundle OR null if you don't have one
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -201,5 +199,12 @@ public Object toSpecification(GraphQLError error) {
             }
             return map;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            String path = fieldOrArgumentPath.toString();
+            String directive = this.directive != null ? " @" + this.directive.getName() : "";
+            return "ExtendedValidationError: '" + path + "'" + directive;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/graphql/validation/rules/ValidationRulesTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/graphql/validation/rules/ValidationRulesTest.groovy
index 16ec98f..75fe24d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/graphql/validation/rules/ValidationRulesTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/graphql/validation/rules/ValidationRulesTest.groovy
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ package graphql.validation.rules
 import graphql.GraphQL
 import graphql.execution.DataFetcherResult
 import graphql.schema.DataFetcher
+import graphql.schema.DataFetchingEnvironment
 import graphql.schema.idl.RuntimeWiring
 import graphql.validation.TestUtil
 import graphql.validation.constraints.DirectiveConstraints
+import graphql.validation.schemawiring.ValidationSchemaWiring
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 import static graphql.schema.idl.TypeRuntimeWiring.newTypeWiring
@@ -78,4 +80,58 @@ class ValidationRulesTest extends Specification {
         er.errors[2].message == "/cars/filter/model size must be between 0 and 10"
         er.errors[2].path == ["cars"]
     }
+
+    def "issue 17 - type references handled"() {
+
+        def directiveRules = DirectiveConstraints.newDirectiveConstraints().build()
+
+        def sdl = '''
+
+            ''' + directiveRules.directivesSDL + '''
+
+           input NameRequest {
+	         # The title associated to the name
+            title: String @Size(min : 1, max : 1)
+	        # The given name
+	        givenName: String! @Size(min : 1, max : 1)
+	        # Middle Name
+   	        middleName: String
+   	        # Last Name
+   	        surName: String!
+          }
+
+            type Query {
+                request( nameRequest : NameRequest!) : String
+            }
+        '''
+
+        ValidationRules validationRules = ValidationRules.newValidationRules()
+                .onValidationErrorStrategy(OnValidationErrorStrategy.RETURN_NULL).build()
+        def validationWiring = new ValidationSchemaWiring(validationRules)
+
+        DataFetcher df = { DataFetchingEnvironment env ->
+            return "OK"
+        }
+
+        def runtime = RuntimeWiring.newRuntimeWiring()
+                .type(newTypeWiring("Query").dataFetcher("request", df))
+                .directiveWiring(validationWiring)
+                .build()
+        def graphQLSchema = TestUtil.schema(sdl, runtime)
+        def graphQL = GraphQL.newGraphQL(graphQLSchema).build()
+
+        when:
+
+        def er = graphQL.execute('''
+            {
+                request (nameRequest : { title : "Mr BAD", givenName : "BADLEY" , surName : "FAKER"})
+            }
+        ''')
+        then:
+        er != null
+        er.errors.size() != 0
+
+        er.errors[0].getMessage() == "/request/nameRequest/givenName size must be between 1 and 1"
+        er.errors[1].getMessage() == "/request/nameRequest/title size must be between 1 and 1"
+    }
 }