diff --git a/src/Plugins/IdAttributePlugin.js b/src/Plugins/IdAttributePlugin.js
index 3fe743805..63f1bf600 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/IdAttributePlugin.js
+++ b/src/Plugins/IdAttributePlugin.js
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ function IdAttributePlugin(eleventyConfig, options = {}) {
 							} else if (options.checkDuplicates === "error") {
 								// Existing `id` conflicts with assigned heading id, throw error
 								throw new Error(
-									"Duplicate `id` attribute (" +
+									'You have more than one HTML `id` attribute using the same value (id="' +
 										id +
-										") in markup on " +
-										pluginOptions.page.inputPath,
+										'") in your template (' +
+										pluginOptions.page.inputPath +
+										"). You can disable this error in the IdAttribute plugin with the `checkDuplicates: false` option.",
 								);
 							}
 						} else {
diff --git a/test/IdAttributePluginTest.js b/test/IdAttributePluginTest.js
index ad29b9f2b..0216190e8 100644
--- a/test/IdAttributePluginTest.js
+++ b/test/IdAttributePluginTest.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ test("Issue #3424, id attribute conflicts (two hard coded id conflicts)", async
   elev.disableLogger();
 
   let e = await t.throwsAsync(() => elev.toJSON());
-  t.is(e.originalError.originalError.toString(), "Error: Duplicate `id` attribute (testing) in markup on ./test/stubs-virtual/test.html");
+  t.is(e.originalError.originalError.toString(), `Error: You have more than one HTML \`id\` attribute using the same value (id="testing") in your template (./test/stubs-virtual/test.html). You can disable this error in the IdAttribute plugin with the \`checkDuplicates: false\` option.`);
 });
 
 test("Issue #3424, filter callback skips", async (t) => {