diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54a5ecf770ec..52bff96d01e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (deps) [#15973](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15973) Bump CometBFT to [v0.34.28](https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft/blob/v0.34.28/CHANGELOG.md#v03428).
 * (store) [#15683](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15683) `rootmulti.Store.CacheMultiStoreWithVersion` now can handle loading archival states that don't persist any of the module stores the current state has.
 * (simapp) [#15903](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15903) Add `AppStateFnWithExtendedCbs` with moduleStateCb callback function to allow access moduleState. Note, this function is present in simtestutil from `v0.47.2+`.
+* (gov) [#15979](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15979) Improve gov error message when failing to convert v1 proposal to v1beta1.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/x/gov/migrations/v046/convert.go b/x/gov/migrations/v046/convert.go
index e368a0b2b2b6..2c632a4124a6 100644
--- a/x/gov/migrations/v046/convert.go
+++ b/x/gov/migrations/v046/convert.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func ConvertToLegacyProposal(proposal v1.Proposal) (v1beta1.Proposal, error) {
 		return v1beta1.Proposal{}, err
 	}
 	if len(msgs) != 1 {
-		return v1beta1.Proposal{}, sdkerrors.ErrInvalidType.Wrap("can't convert a gov/v1 Proposal to gov/v1beta1 Proposal when amount of proposal messages is more than one")
+		return v1beta1.Proposal{}, sdkerrors.ErrInvalidType.Wrap("can't convert a gov/v1 Proposal to gov/v1beta1 Proposal when amount of proposal messages not exactly one")
 	}
 	if legacyMsg, ok := msgs[0].(*v1.MsgExecLegacyContent); ok {
 		// check that the content struct can be unmarshalled