From 9408a386fa88b1034fba8e59cc0a70367a6471ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Yokota <rayokota@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:50:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Improve err msg

---
 .../dekregistry/web/rest/exceptions/DekRegistryErrors.java      | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dek-registry/src/main/java/io/confluent/dekregistry/web/rest/exceptions/DekRegistryErrors.java b/dek-registry/src/main/java/io/confluent/dekregistry/web/rest/exceptions/DekRegistryErrors.java
index 840cf8bb6e3..cd9292cc743 100644
--- a/dek-registry/src/main/java/io/confluent/dekregistry/web/rest/exceptions/DekRegistryErrors.java
+++ b/dek-registry/src/main/java/io/confluent/dekregistry/web/rest/exceptions/DekRegistryErrors.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DekRegistryErrors {
 
   // HTTP 409
   public static final String ALREADY_EXISTS_MESSAGE_FORMAT =
-      "Key '%s' already exists";
+      "Key '%s' already exists; use a different value";
   public static final int ALREADY_EXISTS_ERROR_CODE = 40971;
 
   public static final String TOO_MANY_KEYS_MESSAGE_FORMAT =