diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/abstract_oauth.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/abstract_oauth.py
index 111583a63..b0c33e8a6 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/abstract_oauth.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/abstract_oauth.py
@@ -305,9 +305,15 @@ def _make_handled_request(self) -> Any:
                         failure_type=FailureType.transient_error,
                     )
             if self._wrap_refresh_token_exception(e):
-                message = "Refresh token is invalid or expired. Please re-authenticate from Sources/<your source>/Settings."
+                status_code = e.response.status_code if e.response is not None else "unknown"
                 raise AirbyteTracedException(
-                    internal_message=message, message=message, failure_type=FailureType.config_error
+                    message="OAuth token refresh failed with a refresh-token error response.",
+                    internal_message=(
+                        f"OAuth token refresh failed with HTTP {status_code}; "
+                        "response matched configured refresh-token error indicators "
+                        "(see DEBUG-level token refresh log for full response)."
+                    ),
+                    failure_type=FailureType.config_error,
                 )
             raise
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/test_requests_native_auth.py b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/test_requests_native_auth.py
index 71183b5aa..9d762eb1d 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/test_requests_native_auth.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/streams/http/requests_native_auth/test_requests_native_auth.py
@@ -575,9 +575,11 @@ def test_refresh_access_token_wrapped(
             oauth.refresh_access_token()
 
         if wrapped:
-            error_message = "Refresh token is invalid or expired. Please re-authenticate from Sources/<your source>/Settings."
-            assert exc_info.value.internal_message == error_message
-            assert exc_info.value.message == error_message
+            expected_message = "OAuth token refresh failed with a refresh-token error response."
+            assert exc_info.value.message == expected_message
+            assert exc_info.value.internal_message.startswith(
+                f"OAuth token refresh failed with HTTP {response_code}"
+            )
             assert exc_info.value.failure_type == FailureType.config_error