diff --git a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManager.java b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManager.java
index b0b43f05a4c75..55f122bce95a3 100644
--- a/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManager.java
+++ b/metadata/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManager.java
@@ -525,10 +525,22 @@ BrokerFeature processRegistrationFeature(
         int defaultVersion = feature.name().equals(MetadataVersion.FEATURE_NAME) ? 1 : 0; // The default value for MetadataVersion is 1 not 0.
         short finalized = finalizedFeatures.versionOrDefault(feature.name(), (short) defaultVersion);
         if (!VersionRange.of(feature.minSupportedVersion(), feature.maxSupportedVersion()).contains(finalized)) {
+            boolean isMetadataVersion = feature.name().equals(MetadataVersion.FEATURE_NAME);
+            String finalizedDisplay = isMetadataVersion
+                ? finalized + " (" + MetadataVersion.fromFeatureLevel(finalized) + ")"
+                : String.valueOf(finalized);
+            String minSupportedDisplay = isMetadataVersion
+                ? feature.minSupportedVersion() + " (" +
+                    MetadataVersion.fromFeatureLevel(feature.minSupportedVersion()) + ")"
+                : String.valueOf(feature.minSupportedVersion());
+            String maxSupportedDisplay = isMetadataVersion
+                ? feature.maxSupportedVersion() + " (" +
+                    MetadataVersion.fromFeatureLevel(feature.maxSupportedVersion()) + ")"
+                : String.valueOf(feature.maxSupportedVersion());
             throw new UnsupportedVersionException("Unable to register because the broker " +
-                "does not support finalized version " + finalized + " of " + feature.name() +
-                    ". The broker wants a version between " + feature.minSupportedVersion() + " and " +
-                    feature.maxSupportedVersion() + ", inclusive.");
+                "does not support finalized version " + finalizedDisplay + " of " + feature.name() +
+                    ". The broker wants a version between " + minSupportedDisplay + " and " +
+                    maxSupportedDisplay + ", inclusive.");
         }
         // A feature is not found in the finalizedFeature map if it is unknown to the controller or set to 0 (feature not enabled).
         if (!finalizedFeatures.featureNames().contains(feature.name()))
diff --git a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManagerTest.java b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManagerTest.java
index 786891e695bcd..f8f8c80cc16ec 100644
--- a/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManagerTest.java
+++ b/metadata/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/controller/ClusterControlManagerTest.java
@@ -686,8 +686,8 @@ public void testRegistrationWithUnsupportedMetadataVersion() {
                 build();
         clusterControl.activate();
 
-        assertEquals("Unable to register because the broker does not support finalized version 4 of " +
-            "metadata.version. The broker wants a version between 1 and 1, inclusive.",
+        assertEquals("Unable to register because the broker does not support finalized version 4 (3.3-IV0) of " +
+            "metadata.version. The broker wants a version between 1 (3.0-IV1) and 1 (3.0-IV1), inclusive.",
             assertThrows(UnsupportedVersionException.class,
                 () -> clusterControl.registerBroker(
                     new BrokerRegistrationRequestData().
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ public void testRegistrationWithUnsupportedMetadataVersion() {
                     123L,
                     featureControl.finalizedFeatures(Long.MAX_VALUE))).getMessage());
 
-        assertEquals("Unable to register because the broker does not support finalized version 4 of " +
-            "metadata.version. The broker wants a version between 7 and 7, inclusive.",
+        assertEquals("Unable to register because the broker does not support finalized version 4 (3.3-IV0) of " +
+            "metadata.version. The broker wants a version between 7 (3.3-IV3) and 7 (3.3-IV3), inclusive.",
             assertThrows(UnsupportedVersionException.class,
                 () -> clusterControl.registerBroker(
                     new BrokerRegistrationRequestData().