diff --git a/arrow/src/ipc/convert.rs b/arrow/src/ipc/convert.rs
index 158a756ce4d..218d495113d 100644
--- a/arrow/src/ipc/convert.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/ipc/convert.rs
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ pub fn try_schema_from_ipc_buffer(buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<Schema> {
         })?;
         Ok(fb_to_schema(ipc_schema))
     } else {
-        Err(ArrowError::ParseError(format!(
-            "The buffer length is less than 4, parser buffer to Schema"
-        )))
+        Err(ArrowError::ParseError(
+            "The buffer length is less than 4 and missing the continuation maker or length of buffer".to_string()
+        ))
     }
 }