diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index c96b19f6685..5b8350bcd6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix a race condition in the TCP input when close the client socket. {pull}13038[13038]
 - cisco/asa fileset: Renamed log.original to event.original and cisco.asa.list_id to cisco.asa.rule_name. {pull}13286[13286]
 - cisco/asa fileset: Fix parsing of 302021 message code. {pull}13476[13476]
-- Add support for gzipped files in S3 input {pull}13980[13980]
-- Add support for all the ObjectCreated events in S3 input. {pull}14077[14077]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
@@ -181,6 +179,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix calculation of `network.bytes` and `network.packets` for bi-directional netflow events. {pull}14111[14111]
 - Accept '-' as http.response.body.bytes in apache module. {pull}14137[14137]
 - Fix timezone parsing of MySQL module ingest pipelines. {pull}14130[14130]
+- Improve error message in s3 input when handleSQSMessage failed. {pull}14113[14113]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
@@ -368,6 +367,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Add ELB fileset to AWS module. {pull}14020[14020]
 - Add module for MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform). {pull}13805[13805]
 - Add `source.bytes` and `source.packets` for uni-directional netflow events. {pull}14111[14111]
+- Add support for gzipped files in S3 input. {pull}13980[13980]
+- Add support for all the ObjectCreated events in S3 input. {pull}14077[14077]
 - Add Kibana Dashboard for MISP module. {pull}14147[14147]
 - Add JSON options to autodiscover hints {pull}14208[14208]
 - Add more filesets to Zeek module. {pull}14150[14150]
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
index e5e2175cb9d..aaa17dc2b92 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (p *s3Input) processMessage(svcS3 s3iface.ClientAPI, message sqs.Message, w
 
 	s3Infos, err := handleSQSMessage(message)
 	if err != nil {
-		p.logger.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "handleMessage failed"))
+		p.logger.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "handleSQSMessage failed"))
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ func (p *s3Input) processMessage(svcS3 s3iface.ClientAPI, message sqs.Message, w
 	err = p.handleS3Objects(svcS3, s3Infos, errC)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = errors.Wrap(err, "handleS3Objects failed")
-		errC <- err
 		p.logger.Error(err)
+		errC <- err
 	}
 }
 
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ func (p *s3Input) processorKeepAlive(svcSQS sqsiface.ClientAPI, message sqs.Mess
 				}
 				p.logger.Warnf("Message visibility timeout updated to %v", visibilityTimeout)
 			} else {
-				p.logger.Debug("ACK done, deleting message from SQS")
+				// When ACK done, message will be deleted. Or when message is
+				// not s3 ObjectCreated event related(handleSQSMessage function
+				// failed), it will be removed as well.
+				p.logger.Debug("Deleting message from SQS: ", message.MessageId)
 				// only delete sqs message when errC is closed with no error
 				err := p.deleteMessage(queueURL, *message.ReceiptHandle, svcSQS)
 				if err != nil {
@@ -347,6 +350,8 @@ func handleSQSMessage(m sqs.Message) ([]s3Info, error) {
 				key:    record.S3.object.Key,
 				arn:    record.S3.bucket.Arn,
 			})
+		} else {
+			return nil, errors.New("this SQS queue should be dedicated to s3 ObjectCreated event notifications")
 		}
 	}
 	return s3Infos, nil
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
index 8b897de6729..9290b3f664d 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestGetRegionFromQueueURL(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHandleMessage(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
+	casesPositive := []struct {
 		title           string
 		message         sqs.Message
 		expectedS3Infos []s3Info
@@ -91,6 +91,37 @@ func TestHandleMessage(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"sqs message with event source aws:s3 and event name ObjectCreated:CompleteMultipartUpload",
+			sqs.Message{
+				Body: awssdk.String("{\"Records\":[{\"eventSource\":\"aws:s3\",\"awsRegion\":\"ap-southeast-1\",\"eventTime\":\"2019-06-21T16:16:54.629Z\",\"eventName\":\"ObjectCreated:CompleteMultipartUpload\",\"s3\":{\"configurationId\":\"object-created-event\",\"bucket\":{\"name\":\"test-s3-ks-2\",\"arn\":\"arn:aws:s3:::test-s3-ks-2\"},\"object\":{\"key\":\"server-access-logging2019-06-21-16-16-54-E68E4316CEB285AA\"}}}]}"),
+			},
+			[]s3Info{
+				{
+					name: "test-s3-ks-2",
+					key:  "server-access-logging2019-06-21-16-16-54-E68E4316CEB285AA",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range casesPositive {
+		t.Run(c.title, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s3Info, err := handleSQSMessage(c.message)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, len(c.expectedS3Infos), len(s3Info))
+			if len(s3Info) > 0 {
+				assert.Equal(t, c.expectedS3Infos[0].key, s3Info[0].key)
+				assert.Equal(t, c.expectedS3Infos[0].name, s3Info[0].name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	casesNegative := []struct {
+		title           string
+		message         sqs.Message
+		expectedS3Infos []s3Info
+	}{
 		{
 			"sqs message with event source aws:s3 and event name ObjectRemoved:Delete",
 			sqs.Message{
@@ -107,17 +138,14 @@ func TestHandleMessage(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, c := range cases {
+	for _, c := range casesNegative {
 		t.Run(c.title, func(t *testing.T) {
 			s3Info, err := handleSQSMessage(c.message)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, len(c.expectedS3Infos), len(s3Info))
-			if len(s3Info) > 0 {
-				assert.Equal(t, c.expectedS3Infos[0].key, s3Info[0].key)
-				assert.Equal(t, c.expectedS3Infos[0].name, s3Info[0].name)
-			}
+			assert.Error(t, err)
+			assert.Nil(t, s3Info)
 		})
 	}
+
 }
 
 func TestNewS3BucketReader(t *testing.T) {