diff --git a/.changeset/tall-papayas-drive.md b/.changeset/tall-papayas-drive.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e42ac98fa87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-papayas-drive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Improves the message of `MiddlewareCantBeLoaded` for clarity
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors-data.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors-data.ts
index 5336a47b3fa7..40bcab111f08 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors-data.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/errors/errors-data.ts
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ export const LocalsNotAnObject = {
 export const MiddlewareCantBeLoaded = {
 	name: 'MiddlewareCantBeLoaded',
 	title: "Can't load the middleware.",
-	message: 'The middleware threw an error while Astro was trying to loading it.',
+	message: 'An unknown error was thrown while loading your middleware.',
 } satisfies ErrorData;
 
 /**