diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
index 7210de8c70f65..759891e88039b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ public void validate(final Boolean value, final Map<Setting<?>, Object> settings
                 final Object replicationType = settings.get(INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING);
                 if (replicationType != ReplicationType.SEGMENT && value == true) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "Settings "
+                        "To enable "
                             + INDEX_REMOTE_STORE_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey()
-                            + " cannot be enabled when "
+                            + ", "
                             + INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING.getKey()
-                            + " is set to "
-                            + settings.get(INDEX_REPLICATION_TYPE_SETTING)
+                            + " should be set to "
+                            + ReplicationType.SEGMENT
                     );
                 }
             }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettingsTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettingsTests.java
index 5f969180e6b2a..e02eac85beafb 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettingsTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettingsTests.java
@@ -865,10 +865,7 @@ public void testEnablingRemoteStoreFailsWhenReplicationTypeIsDocument() {
             IllegalArgumentException.class,
             () -> IndexMetadata.INDEX_REMOTE_STORE_ENABLED_SETTING.get(indexSettings)
         );
-        assertEquals(
-            "Settings index.remote_store.enabled cannot be enabled when index.replication.type is set to DOCUMENT",
-            iae.getMessage()
-        );
+        assertEquals("To enable index.remote_store.enabled, index.replication.type should be set to SEGMENT", iae.getMessage());
     }
 
     public void testEnablingRemoteStoreFailsWhenReplicationTypeIsDefault() {
@@ -877,9 +874,6 @@ public void testEnablingRemoteStoreFailsWhenReplicationTypeIsDefault() {
             IllegalArgumentException.class,
             () -> IndexMetadata.INDEX_REMOTE_STORE_ENABLED_SETTING.get(indexSettings)
         );
-        assertEquals(
-            "Settings index.remote_store.enabled cannot be enabled when index.replication.type is set to DOCUMENT",
-            iae.getMessage()
-        );
+        assertEquals("To enable index.remote_store.enabled, index.replication.type should be set to SEGMENT", iae.getMessage());
     }
 }