diff --git a/src/api/client/membership/leave.rs b/src/api/client/membership/leave.rs
index a1d82668..c67178ca 100644
--- a/src/api/client/membership/leave.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/membership/leave.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ pub async fn remote_leave_room<S: ::std::hash::BuildHasher>(
 		.add_pdu_outlier(&event_id, &leave_event);
 
 	let leave_pdu = Pdu::from_id_val(&event_id, leave_event)
-		.map_err(|e| err!(BadServerResponse("Invalid join event PDU: {e:?}")))?;
+		.map_err(|e| err!(BadServerResponse("Invalid leave PDU received during federated leave: {e:?}")))?;
 
 	Ok(leave_pdu)
 }