diff --git a/meilisearch/src/error.rs b/meilisearch/src/error.rs
index 9d0a03c34..004f0d143 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use actix_web as aweb;
 use aweb::error::{JsonPayloadError, QueryPayloadError};
+use byte_unit::Byte;
 use meilisearch_types::document_formats::{DocumentFormatError, PayloadType};
 use meilisearch_types::error::{Code, ErrorCode, ResponseError};
 use meilisearch_types::index_uid::{IndexUid, IndexUidFormatError};
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ pub enum MeilisearchHttpError {
     InvalidExpression(&'static [&'static str], Value),
     #[error("A {0} payload is missing.")]
     MissingPayload(PayloadType),
-    #[error("The provided payload reached the size limit.")]
-    PayloadTooLarge,
+    #[error("The provided payload reached the size limit. The maximum accepted payload size is {}.",  Byte::from_bytes(*.0 as u64).get_appropriate_unit(true))]
+    PayloadTooLarge(usize),
     #[error("Two indexes must be given for each swap. The list `[{}]` contains {} indexes.",
         .0.iter().map(|uid| format!("\"{uid}\"")).collect::<Vec<_>>().join(", "), .0.len()
     )]
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ impl ErrorCode for MeilisearchHttpError {
             MeilisearchHttpError::DocumentNotFound(_) => Code::DocumentNotFound,
             MeilisearchHttpError::EmptyFilter => Code::InvalidDocumentDeleteFilter,
             MeilisearchHttpError::InvalidExpression(_, _) => Code::InvalidSearchFilter,
-            MeilisearchHttpError::PayloadTooLarge => Code::PayloadTooLarge,
+            MeilisearchHttpError::PayloadTooLarge(_) => Code::PayloadTooLarge,
             MeilisearchHttpError::SwapIndexPayloadWrongLength(_) => Code::InvalidSwapIndexes,
             MeilisearchHttpError::IndexUid(e) => e.error_code(),
             MeilisearchHttpError::SerdeJson(_) => Code::Internal,
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/extractors/payload.rs b/meilisearch/src/extractors/payload.rs
index 0ccebe8f9..5e7e9cf7e 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/extractors/payload.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/extractors/payload.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use crate::error::MeilisearchHttpError;
 pub struct Payload {
     payload: Decompress<dev::Payload>,
     limit: usize,
+    remaining: usize,
 }
 
 pub struct PayloadConfig {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ impl FromRequest for Payload {
         ready(Ok(Payload {
             payload: Decompress::from_headers(payload.take(), req.headers()),
             limit,
+            remaining: limit,
         }))
     }
 }
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ impl Stream for Payload {
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
         match Pin::new(&mut self.payload).poll_next(cx) {
             Poll::Ready(Some(result)) => match result {
-                Ok(bytes) => match self.limit.checked_sub(bytes.len()) {
+                Ok(bytes) => match self.remaining.checked_sub(bytes.len()) {
                     Some(new_limit) => {
-                        self.limit = new_limit;
+                        self.remaining = new_limit;
                         Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(bytes)))
                     }
-                    None => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(MeilisearchHttpError::PayloadTooLarge))),
+                    None => {
+                        Poll::Ready(Some(Err(MeilisearchHttpError::PayloadTooLarge(self.limit))))
+                    }
                 },
                 x => Poll::Ready(Some(x.map_err(MeilisearchHttpError::from))),
             },
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs b/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
index c2ba2ccaa..11a5e0fc8 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ async fn error_add_documents_payload_size() {
     snapshot!(json_string!(response, { ".duration" => "[duration]", ".enqueuedAt" => "[date]", ".startedAt" => "[date]", ".finishedAt" => "[date]" }),
         @r###"
     {
-      "message": "The provided payload reached the size limit.",
+      "message": "The provided payload reached the size limit. The maximum accepted payload size is 10.00 MiB.",
       "code": "payload_too_large",
       "type": "invalid_request",
       "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#payload_too_large"