diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/ReplicationConfigValidator.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
index 7090c76563b..36d95251ed9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ public ReplicationConfig validate(ReplicationConfig replicationConfig) {
           replication =  ecConfig.getCodec() + "-" + ecConfig.getData() +
               "-" + ecConfig.getParity() + "-{CHUNK_SIZE}";
         }
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid replication config " +
-            "for type " + replicationConfig.getReplicationType() +
-            " and replication " + replication);
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Invalid data-parity replication config " +
+                        "for type " + replicationConfig.getReplicationType() +
+                        " and replication " + replication + "." +
+                        " Supported data-parity are 3-2,6-3,10-4");
       }
     }
     return replicationConfig;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/TestReplicationConfigValidator.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/TestReplicationConfigValidator.java
index bbdc78c94ab..acf657b4ba3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/TestReplicationConfigValidator.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/client/TestReplicationConfigValidator.java
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ public void testValidation() {
     try {
       validator.validate(new ECReplicationConfig(invalidEcConfig1));
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("Invalid replication " +
-          "config for type EC and replication xor-6-4-{CHUNK_SIZE}", ex);
+      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains(
+              "Invalid data-parity replication " +
+          "config for type EC and replication xor-6-4-{CHUNK_SIZE}. " +
+                      "Supported data-parity are 3-2,6-3,10-4", ex);
     }
 
   }