diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
index e054378730..263eaeb432 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ impl Signature {
         let s = short.map(|c| {
             debug_assert!(
                 !self.get_shorts().contains(&c),
-                "There may be duplicate short flags, such as -h"
+                "There may be duplicate short flags for '-{}'",
+                c
             );
             c
         });
@@ -478,7 +479,8 @@ impl Signature {
             let name: String = name.into();
             debug_assert!(
                 !self.get_names().contains(&name.as_str()),
-                "There may be duplicate name flags, such as --help"
+                "There may be duplicate name flags for '--{}'",
+                name
             );
             name
         };
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_signature.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_signature.rs
index 000abb0d00..e22029bab9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_signature.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/tests/test_signature.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fn test_signature_chained() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[should_panic(expected = "There may be duplicate short flags, such as -h")]
+#[should_panic(expected = "There may be duplicate short flags for '-n'")]
 fn test_signature_same_short() {
     // Creating signature with same short name should panic
     Signature::new("new_signature")
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn test_signature_same_short() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[should_panic(expected = "There may be duplicate name flags, such as --help")]
+#[should_panic(expected = "There may be duplicate name flags for '--name'")]
 fn test_signature_same_name() {
     // Creating signature with same short name should panic
     Signature::new("new-signature")