diff --git a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/conf_test.go b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/conf_test.go
index 502f3fa0b6..0c8e5944d9 100644
--- a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/conf_test.go
+++ b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/conf_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestInvalidConf(t *testing.T) {
 			path:          filepath.Join(".", "testdata", "invalid-mapping-unknown-component.yaml"),
 		},
 		{
-			expectedError: "invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token \"123\" (expected (\"receivers\" | \"extensions\") <dot> ComponentID <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token \"processors\" (expected (\"receivers\" | \"extensions\") <dot> ComponentID <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:57: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:87: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)",
+			expectedError: `invalid property "splunk.discovery.123" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token "123" (expected ("receivers" | "extensions") <dot> ComponentID <dot> (("config" <dot>) | "enabled") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property "splunk.discovery.processors.a_processor.config.some_field" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token "processors" (expected ("receivers" | "extensions") <dot> ComponentID <dot> (("config" <dot>) | "enabled") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property "splunk.discovery.receivers.a_receiver.unknown.some_field" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:57: unexpected token "<EOF>" (expected <dot> (("config" <dot>) | "enabled") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*); invalid property "splunk.discovery.receivers.another_receiver/with-name.another_unknown.some_other_field" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:87: unexpected token "<EOF>" (expected <dot> (("config" <dot>) | "enabled") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)`,
 			path:          filepath.Join(".", "testdata", "invalid-set.yaml"),
 		},
 	} {
diff --git a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property.go b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property.go
index 38c64af6ea..059655a6c7 100644
--- a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property.go
+++ b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type ComponentID struct {
 func NewProperty(property, val string) (*Property, error) {
 	p, err := parser.ParseString("splunk.discovery", property)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid property (parsing error): %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid property %q (parsing error): %w", property, err)
 	}
 	p.Val = val
 
diff --git a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property_test.go b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property_test.go
index d0f10400fb..1352d31ec1 100644
--- a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property_test.go
+++ b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/properties/property_test.go
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ func TestInvalidProperties(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		property, expectedError string
 	}{
-		{property: "splunk.discovery.invalid", expectedError: "invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token \"invalid\" (expected (\"receivers\" | \"extensions\") <dot> ComponentID <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)"},
-		{property: "splunk.discovery.extensions.config.one.two", expectedError: "invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:43: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)"},
-		{property: "splunk.discovery.receivers.type/name.config", expectedError: "invalid property (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:44: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot>)"},
+		{property: "splunk.discovery.invalid", expectedError: "invalid property \"splunk.discovery.invalid\" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:18: unexpected token \"invalid\" (expected (\"receivers\" | \"extensions\") <dot> ComponentID <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)"},
+		{property: "splunk.discovery.extensions.config.one.two", expectedError: "invalid property \"splunk.discovery.extensions.config.one.two\" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:43: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot> ((\"config\" <dot>) | \"enabled\") (<string> | <dot> | <forwardslash>)*)"},
+		{property: "splunk.discovery.receivers.type/name.config", expectedError: "invalid property \"splunk.discovery.receivers.type/name.config\" (parsing error): splunk.discovery:1:44: unexpected token \"<EOF>\" (expected <dot>)"},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.property, func(t *testing.T) {
 			p, err := NewProperty(tt.property, "val")