diff --git a/Lib/csv.py b/Lib/csv.py
index f213854..8c6b740 100644
--- a/Lib/csv.py
+++ b/Lib/csv.py
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@
 
     def _dict_to_list(self, rowdict):
         if self.extrasaction == "raise":
-            for k in rowdict.keys():
-                if k not in self.fieldnames:
-                    raise ValueError, "dict contains fields not in fieldnames"
+            wrong_fields = [k for k in rowdict if k not in self.fieldnames]
+            if wrong_fields:
+                raise ValueError("dict contains fields not in fieldnames: " +
+                                 ", ".join(wrong_fields))
         return [rowdict.get(key, self.restval) for key in self.fieldnames]
 
     def writerow(self, rowdict):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 79d242b..33f6d9a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #1635454: the csv.DictWriter class now includes the offending
+  field names in its exception message if you try to write a record with
+  a dictionary containing fields not in the CSV field names list.
+
 - Patch #1668100: urllib2 now correctly raises URLError instead of
   OSError if accessing a local file via the file:// protocol fails.