diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 9674a29ab..9d0fce4dd 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Unreleased
 - Web UI - Dark Mode fixes [#4543, natematykiewicz]
 - Ensure `Rack::ContentLength` is loaded as middleware for correct Web UI responses [#4541]
 - Avoid exception dumping SSL store in Redis connection logging [#4532]
+- Better error messages in Sidekiq::Client [#4549]
 
 6.0.7
 ---------
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
index 8d8ac1125..a79ad5a87 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
@@ -218,16 +218,20 @@ def process_single(worker_class, item)
       end
     end
 
+    def validate(item)
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Job must be a Hash with 'class' and 'args' keys: `#{item}`") unless item.is_a?(Hash) && item.key?("class") && item.key?("args")
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Job args must be an Array: `#{item}`") unless item["args"].is_a?(Array)
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Job class must be either a Class or String representation of the class name: `#{item}`") unless item["class"].is_a?(Class) || item["class"].is_a?(String)
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Job 'at' must be a Numeric timestamp: `#{item}`") if item.key?("at") && !item["at"].is_a?(Numeric)
+      raise(ArgumentError, "Job tags must be an Array: `#{item}`") if item["tags"] && !item["tags"].is_a?(Array)
+    end
+
     def normalize_item(item)
       # 6.0.0 push_bulk bug, #4321
       # TODO Remove after a while...
       item.delete("at") if item.key?("at") && item["at"].nil?
 
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Job must be a Hash with 'class' and 'args' keys: { 'class' => SomeWorker, 'args' => ['bob', 1, :foo => 'bar'] }") unless item.is_a?(Hash) && item.key?("class") && item.key?("args")
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Job args must be an Array") unless item["args"].is_a?(Array)
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Job class must be either a Class or String representation of the class name") unless item["class"].is_a?(Class) || item["class"].is_a?(String)
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Job 'at' must be a Numeric timestamp") if item.key?("at") && !item["at"].is_a?(Numeric)
-      raise(ArgumentError, "Job tags must be an Array") if item["tags"] && !item["tags"].is_a?(Array)
+      validate(item)
       # raise(ArgumentError, "Arguments must be native JSON types, see https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Best-Practices") unless JSON.load(JSON.dump(item['args'])) == item['args']
 
       # merge in the default sidekiq_options for the item's class and/or wrapped element