diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/JavaTypeInference.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/JavaTypeInference.scala
index b5de60cdb7b76..3c3717d5043aa 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/JavaTypeInference.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/JavaTypeInference.scala
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ object JavaTypeInference {
               expressions.Literal(fieldName) :: extractorFor(fieldValue, fieldType) :: Nil
             })
           } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(s"no encoder found for ${other.getName}")
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+              s"Cannot infer type for class ${other.getName} because it is not bean-compliant")
           }
       }
     }