diff --git a/__tests__/main.test.ts b/__tests__/main.test.ts
index 7e114d499..c0e977f0c 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.test.ts
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ describe('action', () => {
       expect(runMock).toHaveReturned()
       expect(setFailedMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         new Error(
-          'Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is 1024.'
+          'Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is 1024. 1025 subjects were provided.'
         )
       )
     })
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 84a27a179..c5316db68 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -74168,7 +74168,7 @@ const getSubjectFromPath = async (subjectPath, subjectName) => {
     // Filter path list to just the files (not directories)
     const files = paths.filter(p => fs_1.default.statSync(p).isFile());
     if (files.length > MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT) {
-        throw new Error(`Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is ${MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT}.`);
+        throw new Error(`Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is ${MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT}. ${files.length} subjects were provided.`);
     }
     for (const file of files) {
         const name = subjectName || path_1.default.parse(file).base;
diff --git a/src/subject.ts b/src/subject.ts
index b6a7a57cc..48439d00e 100644
--- a/src/subject.ts
+++ b/src/subject.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const getSubjectFromPath = async (
 
   if (files.length > MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is ${MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT}.`
+      `Too many subjects specified. The maximum number of subjects is ${MAX_SUBJECT_COUNT}. ${files.length} subjects were provided.`
     )
   }