diff --git a/chromadb/api/types.py b/chromadb/api/types.py
index 347461718fd..1b85dbc5fe5 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/types.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/types.py
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ def __call__(self, uris: URIs) -> L:
 def validate_ids(ids: IDs) -> IDs:
     """Validates ids to ensure it is a list of strings"""
     if not isinstance(ids, list):
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected IDs to be a list, got {ids}")
+        raise ValueError(f"Expected IDs to be a list, got {type(ids).__name__} as IDs")
     if len(ids) == 0:
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected IDs to be a non-empty list, got {ids}")
+        raise ValueError(f"Expected IDs to be a non-empty list, got {len(ids)} IDs")
     seen = set()
     dups = set()
     for id_ in ids:
@@ -259,11 +259,15 @@ def validate_ids(ids: IDs) -> IDs:
 def validate_metadata(metadata: Metadata) -> Metadata:
     """Validates metadata to ensure it is a dictionary of strings to strings, ints, floats or bools"""
     if not isinstance(metadata, dict) and metadata is not None:
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected metadata to be a dict or None, got {metadata}")
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expected metadata to be a dict or None, got {type(metadata).__name__} as metadata"
+        )
     if metadata is None:
         return metadata
     if len(metadata) == 0:
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected metadata to be a non-empty dict, got {metadata}")
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expected metadata to be a non-empty dict, got {len(metadata)} metadata attributes"
+        )
     for key, value in metadata.items():
         if key == META_KEY_CHROMA_DOCUMENT:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -271,12 +275,12 @@ def validate_metadata(metadata: Metadata) -> Metadata:
             )
         if not isinstance(key, str):
             raise TypeError(
-                f"Expected metadata key to be a str, got {key} which is a {type(key)}"
+                f"Expected metadata key to be a str, got {key} which is a {type(key).__name__}"
             )
         # isinstance(True, int) evaluates to True, so we need to check for bools separately
         if not isinstance(value, bool) and not isinstance(value, (str, int, float)):
             raise ValueError(
-                f"Expected metadata value to be a str, int, float or bool, got {value} which is a {type(value)}"
+                f"Expected metadata value to be a str, int, float or bool, got {value} which is a {type(value).__name__}"
             )
     return metadata
 
@@ -284,7 +288,9 @@ def validate_metadata(metadata: Metadata) -> Metadata:
 def validate_update_metadata(metadata: UpdateMetadata) -> UpdateMetadata:
     """Validates metadata to ensure it is a dictionary of strings to strings, ints, floats or bools"""
     if not isinstance(metadata, dict) and metadata is not None:
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected metadata to be a dict or None, got {metadata}")
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expected metadata to be a dict or None, got {type(metadata)}"
+        )
     if metadata is None:
         return metadata
     if len(metadata) == 0:
@@ -471,14 +477,17 @@ def validate_n_results(n_results: int) -> int:
 def validate_embeddings(embeddings: Embeddings) -> Embeddings:
     """Validates embeddings to ensure it is a list of list of ints, or floats"""
     if not isinstance(embeddings, list):
-        raise ValueError(f"Expected embeddings to be a list, got {embeddings}")
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"Expected embeddings to be a list, got {type(embeddings).__name__}"
+        )
     if len(embeddings) == 0:
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Expected embeddings to be a list with at least one item, got {embeddings}"
+            f"Expected embeddings to be a list with at least one item, got {len(embeddings)} embeddings"
         )
     if not all([isinstance(e, list) for e in embeddings]):
         raise ValueError(
-            f"Expected each embedding in the embeddings to be a list, got {embeddings}"
+            "Expected each embedding in the embeddings to be a list, got "
+            f"{list(set([type(e).__name__ for e in embeddings]))}"
         )
     for i, embedding in enumerate(embeddings):
         if len(embedding) == 0:
@@ -492,7 +501,8 @@ def validate_embeddings(embeddings: Embeddings) -> Embeddings:
             ]
         ):
             raise ValueError(
-                f"Expected each value in the embedding to be a int or float, got {embeddings}"
+                "Expected each value in the embedding to be a int or float, got an embedding with "
+                f"{list(set([type(value).__name__ for value in embedding]))} - {embedding}"
             )
     return embeddings