diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/commands.py b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/commands.py
index 9261c7f2da..44c8c9e136 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/commands.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/commands.py
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ def stage_diff(
     Diffs a stage with a local folder.
     """
     diff: DiffResult = compute_stage_diff(
-        local_root=Path(folder_name), stage_fqn=stage_name
+        local_root=Path(folder_name),
+        stage_path=StageManager._stage_path_part_factory(stage_name),  # noqa: SLF001
     )
     if get_cli_context().output_format == OutputFormat.JSON:
         return ObjectResult(diff.to_dict())
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/diff.py b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/diff.py
index 2cd498ca84..83870be20b 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/diff.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/stage/diff.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 )
 from snowflake.connector.cursor import DictCursor
 
-from .manager import DefaultStagePathParts, StageManager
+from .manager import StageManager, StagePathParts
 from .md5 import UnknownMD5FormatError, file_matches_md5sum
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ def preserve_from_diff(
     return preserved_diff
 
 
-def compute_stage_diff(
-    local_root: Path, stage_path: DefaultStagePathParts
-) -> DiffResult:
+def compute_stage_diff(local_root: Path, stage_path: StagePathParts) -> DiffResult:
     """
     Diffs the files in the local_root with files in the stage path that is stage_path_parts's full_path.
     """
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/api/entities/utils.py b/src/snowflake/cli/api/entities/utils.py
index 888a09a37c..1ada533f7e 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/api/entities/utils.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/api/entities/utils.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def sync_deploy_root_with_stage(
     # Perform a diff operation and display results to the user for informational purposes
     if print_diff:
         console.step(
-            f"Performing a diff between the Snowflake stage {stage_path.path} and your local deploy_root {deploy_root.resolve()} directory."
+            f"Performing a diff between the Snowflake stage: {stage_path.path} and your local deploy_root: {deploy_root.resolve()}."
         )
 
     diff: DiffResult = compute_stage_diff(