diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
index 692ac346b7..0c0747011c 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelMessage.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public enum SpelMessage {
 			"Cannot compare instances of {0} and {1}"),
 
 	INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION(Kind.ERROR, 1014,
-			"Incorrect number of arguments for function, {0} supplied but function takes {1}"),
+			"Incorrect number of arguments for function ''{0}'': {1} supplied but function takes {2}"),
 
 	INVALID_TYPE_FOR_SELECTION(Kind.ERROR, 1015,
 			"Cannot perform selection on input data of type ''{0}''"),
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/FunctionReference.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/FunctionReference.java
index ba7dda43d0..19c145d0cc 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/FunctionReference.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/FunctionReference.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class FunctionReference extends SpelNodeImpl {
 			int declaredParamCount = method.getParameterCount();
 			if (declaredParamCount != functionArgs.length) {
 				throw new SpelEvaluationException(SpelMessage.INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION,
-						functionArgs.length, declaredParamCount);
+						this.name, functionArgs.length, declaredParamCount);
 			}
 		}
 		if (!Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class FunctionReference extends SpelNodeImpl {
 			// incorrect number, including more arguments and not a vararg
 			// perhaps a subset of arguments was provided but the MethodHandle wasn't bound?
 			throw new SpelEvaluationException(SpelMessage.INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION,
-					functionArgs.length, declaredParamCount);
+					this.name, functionArgs.length, declaredParamCount);
 		}
 
 		// simplest case: the MethodHandle is fully bound or represents a static method with no params:
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/VariableAndFunctionTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/VariableAndFunctionTests.java
index 14ad7205ca..0dfa472aea 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/VariableAndFunctionTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/VariableAndFunctionTests.java
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ class VariableAndFunctionTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void functionInvocationWithIncorrectNumberOfArguments() {
-		// Method: reverseInt() expects 3 ints
-		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt()", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, 0, 3);
-		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt(1,2)", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, 2, 3);
-		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt(1,2,3,4)", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, 4, 3);
+		// Method: #reverseInt(int, int, int)
+		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt()", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, "reverseInt", 0, 3);
+		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt(1,2)", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, "reverseInt", 2, 3);
+		evaluateAndCheckError("#reverseInt(1,2,3,4)", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, "reverseInt", 4, 3);
 
-		// MethodHandle: message() maps to java.lang.String.format(String, Object...)
-		evaluateAndCheckError("#message()", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, 0, 2);
-		evaluateAndCheckError("#message('%s')", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, 1, 2);
+		// MethodHandle: #message(template, args...)
+		evaluateAndCheckError("#message()", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, "message", 0, 2);
+		evaluateAndCheckError("#message('%s')", INCORRECT_NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_TO_FUNCTION, 0, "message", 1, 2);
 	}
 
 	@Test