diff --git a/test/addons-napi/test_typedarray/test.js b/test/addons-napi/test_typedarray/test.js
index 25f701f2d30c70..27ef054fe4635e 100644
--- a/test/addons-napi/test_typedarray/test.js
+++ b/test/addons-napi/test_typedarray/test.js
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ arrayTypes.forEach((currentType) => {
   const theArray = test_typedarray.CreateTypedArray(template, buffer);
 
   assert.ok(theArray instanceof currentType,
-            'Type of new array should match that of the template');
+            'Type of new array should match that of the template. ' +
+            `Expected type: ${currentType.name}, ` +
+            `actual type: ${template.constructor.name}`);
   assert.notStrictEqual(theArray, template);
   assert.strictEqual(theArray.buffer, buffer);
 });