diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.ts
index f98e59b4cd65..260650d198c7 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 import { AST_NODE_TYPES } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 import * as tsutils from 'ts-api-utils';
+import type * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {
   createRule,
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ const enum State {
   Safe = 2,
 }
 
+function createDataType(type: ts.Type): '`error` typed' | '`any`' {
+  const isErrorType = tsutils.isIntrinsicErrorType(type);
+  return isErrorType ? '`error` typed' : '`any`';
+}
+
 export default createRule({
   name: 'no-unsafe-member-access',
   meta: {
@@ -26,13 +32,13 @@ export default createRule({
     },
     messages: {
       unsafeMemberExpression:
-        'Unsafe member access {{property}} on an `any` value.',
+        'Unsafe member access {{property}} on an {{type}} value.',
       unsafeThisMemberExpression: [
         'Unsafe member access {{property}} on an `any` value. `this` is typed as `any`.',
         'You can try to fix this by turning on the `noImplicitThis` compiler option, or adding a `this` parameter to the function.',
       ].join('\n'),
       unsafeComputedMemberAccess:
-        'Computed name {{property}} resolves to an any value.',
+        'Computed name {{property}} resolves to an {{type}} value.',
     },
     schema: [],
   },
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ export default createRule({
           messageId,
           data: {
             property: node.computed ? `[${propertyName}]` : `.${propertyName}`,
+            type: createDataType(type),
           },
         });
       }
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ export default createRule({
             messageId: 'unsafeComputedMemberAccess',
             data: {
               property: `[${propertyName}]`,
+              type: createDataType(type),
             },
           });
         }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/no-unsafe-member-access.shot b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/no-unsafe-member-access.shot
index 33b46a7e5921..ac2342c31da5 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/no-unsafe-member-access.shot
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/docs-eslint-output-snapshots/no-unsafe-member-access.shot
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ nestedAny.prop[key];
 // Using an any to access a member is unsafe
 const arr = [1, 2, 3];
 arr[anyVar];
-    ~~~~~~ Computed name [anyVar] resolves to an any value.
+    ~~~~~~ Computed name [anyVar] resolves to an \`any\` value.
 nestedAny[anyVar];
-          ~~~~~~ Computed name [anyVar] resolves to an any value.
+          ~~~~~~ Computed name [anyVar] resolves to an \`any\` value.
 "
 `;
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.test.ts
index 292c52759c0d..a35d14c1e0c8 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-member-access.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function foo(x: any) {
           column: 5,
           endColumn: 6,
           data: {
+            type: '`any`',
             property: '.a',
           },
         },
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ function foo(x: any) {
           column: 5,
           endColumn: 6,
           data: {
+            type: '`any`',
             property: '.a',
           },
         },
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ function foo(x: { a: any }) {
           column: 7,
           endColumn: 8,
           data: {
+            type: '`any`',
             property: '.b',
           },
         },
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ function foo(x: any) {
           column: 5,
           endColumn: 8,
           data: {
+            type: '`any`',
             property: "['a']",
           },
         },
@@ -147,6 +151,7 @@ function foo(x: any) {
           column: 5,
           endColumn: 8,
           data: {
+            type: '`any`',
             property: "['a']",
           },
         },
@@ -154,6 +159,25 @@ function foo(x: any) {
     },
     {
       code: `
+let value: NotKnown;
+
+value.property;
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeMemberExpression',
+          line: 4,
+          column: 7,
+          endColumn: 15,
+          data: {
+            type: '`error` typed',
+            property: '.property',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
 function foo(x: { a: number }, y: any) {
   x[y];
 }
@@ -166,6 +190,7 @@ function foo(x: { a: number }, y: any) {
           endColumn: 6,
           data: {
             property: '[y]',
+            type: '`any`',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -184,6 +209,7 @@ function foo(x?: { a: number }, y: any) {
           endColumn: 8,
           data: {
             property: '[y]',
+            type: '`any`',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -202,6 +228,7 @@ function foo(x: { a: number }, y: any) {
           endColumn: 12,
           data: {
             property: '[y += 1]',
+            type: '`any`',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -220,6 +247,7 @@ function foo(x: { a: number }, y: any) {
           endColumn: 13,
           data: {
             property: '[1 as any]',
+            type: '`any`',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -238,6 +266,7 @@ function foo(x: { a: number }, y: any) {
           endColumn: 8,
           data: {
             property: '[y()]',
+            type: '`any`',
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -256,6 +285,26 @@ function foo(x: string[], y: any) {
           endColumn: 6,
           data: {
             property: '[y]',
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+function foo(x: { a: number }, y: NotKnown) {
+  x[y];
+}
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeComputedMemberAccess',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 5,
+          endColumn: 6,
+          data: {
+            property: '[y]',
+            type: '`error` typed',
           },
         },
       ],