diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.test.ts
index 3ec478e3ca28db..bd10520ca1c571 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.test.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('DocumentMigrator', () => {
         migrationVersion: { dog: '10.2.0' },
       })
     ).toThrow(
-      /Document "smelly" has property "dog" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana \(10\.2\.0\)/i
+      /Document "smelly" has property "dog" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana \[10\.2\.0\]\. The last known version is \[undefined\]/i
     );
   });
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe('DocumentMigrator', () => {
         migrationVersion: { dawg: '1.2.4' },
       })
     ).toThrow(
-      /Document "fleabag" has property "dawg" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana \(1\.2\.4\)/i
+      /Document "fleabag" has property "dawg" which belongs to a more recent version of Kibana \[1\.2\.4\]\. The last known version is \[1\.2\.3\]/i
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.ts
index 4ddb2b070d3ac3..07c1da55861076 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/document_migrator.ts
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ function nextUnmigratedProp(doc: SavedObjectUnsanitizedDoc, migrations: ActiveMi
     if (docVersion && (!latestVersion || Semver.gt(docVersion, latestVersion))) {
       throw Boom.badData(
         `Document "${doc.id}" has property "${p}" which belongs to a more recent` +
-          ` version of Kibana (${docVersion}).`,
+          ` version of Kibana [${docVersion}]. The last known version is [${latestVersion}]`,
         doc
       );
     }