diff --git a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
index 8db798eb0..73c31e1cc 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func CheckAndFetchInputsForExecution(
 		} else {
 			inputType := validators.LiteralTypeForLiteral(executionInputMap[name])
 			if !validators.AreTypesCastable(inputType, expectedInput.GetVar().GetType()) {
-				return nil, errors.NewFlyteAdminErrorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "invalid %s input wrong type", name)
+				return nil, errors.NewFlyteAdminErrorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "invalid %s input wrong type. Expected %s, but got %s", name, expectedInput.GetVar().GetType(), inputType)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
index 0af0ebfde..3aac99451 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/impl/validation/execution_validator_test.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestValidateExecInputsWrongType(t *testing.T) {
 		lpRequest.Spec.FixedInputs,
 		lpRequest.Spec.DefaultInputs,
 	)
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid foo input wrong type")
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "invalid foo input wrong type. Expected simple:STRING , but got simple:INTEGER ")
 }
 
 func TestValidateExecInputsExtraInputs(t *testing.T) {