diff --git a/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret.go b/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret.go
index c0fe11b8238..f1889ca991d 100644
--- a/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret.go
+++ b/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func getASMParametersFromInput(valueFrom string) (input *secretsmanager.GetSecre
 	}
 	if len(paramValues) != len(strings.Split(asmARNResourceWithParametersFormat, arnDelimiter)) {
 		// can't tell what input this is, throw some error
-		err = errors.New("unexpected ARN format with parameters when trying to retrieve ASM secret")
+		err = errors.New("an invalid ARN format for the AWS Secrets Manager secret was specified. Specify a valid ARN and try again.")
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret_test.go b/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret_test.go
index 2a896b9578f..29e47fcbe9a 100644
--- a/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret_test.go
+++ b/agent/taskresource/asmsecret/asmsecret_test.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func TestCreateWithASMParametersWrongFormat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Error(t, asmRes.Create())
 	expectedError := fmt.Sprintf("trying to retrieve secret with value %s resulted in error: "+
-		"unexpected ARN format with parameters when trying to retrieve ASM secret", valueFromWrongFormat)
+		"an invalid ARN format for the AWS Secrets Manager secret was specified. Specify a valid ARN and try again.", valueFromWrongFormat)
 	assert.Contains(t, asmRes.GetTerminalReason(), expectedError)
 }