diff --git a/Sources/GRPCReflectionService/Server/ReflectionService.swift b/Sources/GRPCReflectionService/Server/ReflectionService.swift
index b452d59b4..c55529adf 100644
--- a/Sources/GRPCReflectionService/Server/ReflectionService.swift
+++ b/Sources/GRPCReflectionService/Server/ReflectionService.swift
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public final class ReflectionService: CallHandlerProvider, Sendable {
   /// - Parameter fileURLs: The URLs of the files containing serialized reflection data.
   /// - Parameter version: The version of the reflection service to create.
   ///
+  /// - Note: Reflection data for well-known-types must be provided if any of your reflection data depends
+  ///   on them.
   /// - Throws: When a file can't be read from disk or parsed.
   public convenience init(reflectionDataFileURLs fileURLs: [URL], version: Version) throws {
     let filePaths: [String]
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ public final class ReflectionService: CallHandlerProvider, Sendable {
   /// - Parameter filePaths: The paths to files containing serialized reflection data.
   /// - Parameter version: The version of the reflection service to create.
   ///
+  /// - Note: Reflection data for well-known-types must be provided if any of your reflection data depends
+  ///   on them.
   /// - Throws: When a file can't be read from disk or parsed.
   public init(reflectionDataFilePaths filePaths: [String], version: Version) throws {
     let fileDescriptorProtos = try ReflectionService.readSerializedFileDescriptorProtos(
@@ -218,12 +222,14 @@ internal struct ReflectionServiceData: Sendable {
         let serializedFileDescriptorProto = protoData.serializedFileDescriptorProto
         serializedFileDescriptorProtos.append(serializedFileDescriptorProto)
       } else {
-        return .failure(
-          GRPCStatus(
-            code: .notFound,
-            message: "The provided file or a dependency of the provided file could not be found."
-          )
-        )
+        let base = "No reflection data for '\(currentFileName)'"
+        let message: String
+        if fileName == currentFileName {
+          message = base + "."
+        } else {
+          message = base + " which is a dependency of '\(fileName)'."
+        }
+        return .failure(GRPCStatus(code: .notFound, message: message))
       }
       visited.insert(currentFileName)
     }
diff --git a/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceIntegrationTests.swift b/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceIntegrationTests.swift
index f0eb4bab4..1fdfca6e5 100644
--- a/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceIntegrationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceIntegrationTests.swift
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ final class ReflectionServiceIntegrationTests: GRPCTestCase {
       XCTAssertEqual(message.errorResponse.errorCode, Int32(GRPCStatus.Code.notFound.rawValue))
       XCTAssertEqual(
         message.errorResponse.errorMessage,
-        "The provided file or a dependency of the provided file could not be found."
+        "No reflection data for 'invalidFileName.proto'."
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceUnitTests.swift b/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceUnitTests.swift
index 519c3dc1a..76c51f2db 100644
--- a/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceUnitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/GRPCTests/GRPCReflectionServiceTests/ReflectionServiceUnitTests.swift
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ final class ReflectionServiceUnitTests: GRPCTestCase {
         status,
         GRPCStatus(
           code: .notFound,
-          message: "The provided file or a dependency of the provided file could not be found."
+          message: "No reflection data for 'invalid.proto'."
         )
       )
     }
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ final class ReflectionServiceUnitTests: GRPCTestCase {
         status,
         GRPCStatus(
           code: .notFound,
-          message: "The provided file or a dependency of the provided file could not be found."
+          message:
+            "No reflection data for 'invalidDependency' which is a dependency of 'bar1.proto'."
         )
       )
     }