diff --git a/R/recode_into.R b/R/recode_into.R
index 308124e56..22ca801e3 100644
--- a/R/recode_into.R
+++ b/R/recode_into.R
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ recode_into <- function(...,
 
   all_recodes <- NULL
   all_same_length <- NULL
+  new_values <- NULL
   # check recode values
   for (i in seq_len(n_params)) {
     # get type of all recode values
@@ -158,16 +159,37 @@ recode_into <- function(...,
     # save type and length of recode values
     all_recodes <- c(all_recodes, type)
     all_same_length <- c(all_same_length, len_matches)
+    new_values <- c(new_values, value_type)
   }
   # if we have mixed types, warn user
   if (!is.null(all_recodes) && !all(all_recodes == all_recodes[1])) {
-    insight::format_error("Recoding not carried out. Not all recode values are of the same type.")
+    wrong_type <- which(all_recodes != all_recodes[1])
+    insight::format_error(
+      paste(
+        "Recoding not carried out. Not all recode values are of the same type.",
+        sprintf(
+          "For instance, the new value of the first pattern, `%s`, is of type `%s`. The new value of the %s recode pattern, `%s`, is of type `%s`.", # nolint
+          insight::color_text(new_values[1], "cyan"),
+          insight::color_text(all_recodes[1], "cyan"),
+          .number_to_text(wrong_type[1]),
+          insight::color_text(new_values[wrong_type[1]], "cyan"),
+          insight::color_text(all_recodes[wrong_type[1]], "cyan")
+        )
+      )
+    )
   }
   # all inputs of correct length?
   if (!is.null(all_same_length) && !all(all_same_length == all_same_length[1])) {
+    wrong_length <- which(all_same_length != all_same_length[1])
     insight::format_error(
       "The matching conditions return vectors of different length.",
-      "Please check if all variables in your recode patterns are of the same length."
+      paste(
+        "Please check if all variables in your recode patterns are of the same length.",
+        sprintf(
+          "For instance, the first and the %s recode pattern return vectors of different length.",
+          .number_to_text(wrong_length[1])
+        )
+      )
     )
   }
 
@@ -232,7 +254,7 @@ recode_into <- function(...,
         # don't show msg again
         overwrite_NA_msg <- FALSE
         insight::format_alert(
-          "Missing values in original variable are overwritten by default value. If you want to preserve missing values, set `preserve_na = TRUE`."
+          "Missing values in original variable are overwritten by default value. If you want to preserve missing values, set `preserve_na = TRUE`." # nolint
         )
       }
     }
@@ -240,3 +262,28 @@ recode_into <- function(...,
 
   out
 }
+
+.number_to_text <- function(x) {
+  if (is.null(x) || is.na(x)) {
+    return("")
+  }
+  if (x == 1) {
+    "first"
+  } else if (x == 2) {
+    "second"
+  } else if (x == 3) {
+    "third"
+  } else if (x == 4) {
+    "fourth"
+  } else if (x == 5) {
+    "fifth"
+  } else if (x == 21) {
+    "twenty-first"
+  } else if (x == 22) {
+    "twenty-second"
+  } else if (x == 23) {
+    "twenty-third"
+  } else {
+    paste0(x, "th")
+  }
+}