diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/package.json
index 271be8d36325..e4b8ef4f780b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/core": "3.0.0",
+    "@docusaurus/logger": "3.0.0",
     "@docusaurus/types": "3.0.0",
     "@docusaurus/utils-validation": "3.0.0",
     "@docusaurus/utils": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/__tests__/options.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
index 14dd087b7404..41af7e32d0b7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/__tests__/options.test.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ describe('validateOptions', () => {
     expect(testValidateOptions(undefined)).toEqual(validationResult(undefined));
   });
 
-  // TODO: fix this test
-  // it('throws for custom id', () => {
-  //   const config: Options = {id: 'custom', mode: 'auto', debug: false};
-  //   expect(() =>
-  //     testValidateOptions(config),
-  //   ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`""value" must be of type object"`);
-  // });
+  it('throws for custom id', () => {
+    const config: Options = {id: 'custom', mode: 'auto', debug: false};
+    expect(() => testValidateOptions(config))
+      .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+      "You site uses the Vercel Analytics plugin with a custom plugin id (custom).
+            But this plugin is only supposed to be used at most once per site. Therefore providing a custom plugin id is unsupported."
+    `);
+  });
 
   it('accept for default id', () => {
     const config: Options = {id: 'default', mode: 'auto', debug: false};
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/index.ts
index 50040afdf82b..c05d1cefe83a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import type {LoadContext, Plugin} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {PluginOptions, Options} from './options';
 
@@ -13,12 +12,6 @@ export default function pluginVercelAnalytics(
   context: LoadContext,
   options: PluginOptions,
 ): Plugin {
-  if (options.id !== DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `You cannot use a custom plugin id option with the Vercel Analytics plugin`,
-    );
-  }
-
   const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/options.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/options.ts
index 253aca21dbac..754866ab0c2d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-vercel-analytics/src/options.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 import {DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import logger from '@docusaurus/logger';
 import {Joi} from '@docusaurus/utils-validation';
 import type {OptionValidationContext} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
@@ -17,14 +18,25 @@ export type PluginOptions = {
 export type Options = Partial<PluginOptions>;
 
 const pluginOptionsSchema = Joi.object<PluginOptions>({
-  id: Joi.string().valid(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID).default(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID),
   mode: Joi.string().valid('auto', 'production', 'development').optional(),
   debug: Joi.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
+// We can't validate this through the schema
+// Docusaurus core auto registers the id field to the schema already
+function ensureNoMultiInstance(options: Options) {
+  if (options?.id && options.id !== DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ID) {
+    throw new Error(
+      logger.interpolate`You site uses the Vercel Analytics plugin with a custom plugin id (name=${options.id}).
+      But this plugin is only supposed to be used at most once per site. Therefore providing a custom plugin id is unsupported.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 export function validateOptions({
   validate,
   options,
 }: OptionValidationContext<Options, PluginOptions>): PluginOptions {
+  ensureNoMultiInstance(options);
   return validate(pluginOptionsSchema, options);
 }