diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
index 609ea523bc1..fa4c60cecf1 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation.go
@@ -1485,8 +1485,8 @@ func (fps FargateProfileSelector) Validate() error {
 }
 
 func checkBottlerocketSettings(ng *NodeGroup, path string) error {
-	overlapErr := func(key, ngField string) error {
-		return errors.Errorf("invalid Bottlerocket setting: use %s.%s instead (path=%s)", path, ngField, key)
+	overlapErr := func(kubernetesKey, ngField string) error {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid Bottlerocket setting: use %[1]s.%[2]s instead (path=%[1]s.bottlerocket.settings.kubernetes.%[3]s)", path, ngField, kubernetesKey)
 	}
 
 	// Dig into kubernetes settings if provided.
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ func checkBottlerocketSettings(ng *NodeGroup, path string) error {
 	for checkKey, shouldUse := range checkMapping {
 		_, ok := kube[checkKey]
 		if ok {
-			return overlapErr(path+".kubernetes."+checkKey, shouldUse)
+			return overlapErr(checkKey, shouldUse)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
index fd5aedf916f..420ba77da04 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/validation_test.go
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ClusterConfig validation", func() {
 					},
 				},
 
-				expectedErr: "invalid Bottlerocket setting: use nodeGroups[0].labels instead (path=nodeGroups[0].kubernetes.node-labels)",
+				expectedErr: "invalid Bottlerocket setting: use nodeGroups[0].labels instead (path=nodeGroups[0].bottlerocket.settings.kubernetes.node-labels)",
 			}),
 
 			Entry("both clusterDNS and cluster-dns-ip set", bottlerocketEntry{