diff --git a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/attribute/attribute_vector_explorer.cpp b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/attribute/attribute_vector_explorer.cpp
index a38d16d6792a..aa02e1d1f6a5 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/attribute/attribute_vector_explorer.cpp
+++ b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/attribute/attribute_vector_explorer.cpp
@@ -108,23 +108,10 @@ convertPostingBaseToSlime(const IPostingListAttributeBase &postingBase, Cursor &
     convertMemoryUsageToSlime(memory_usage.bitvectors, cursor.setObject("bitvectors"));
 }
 
-std::string
-type_to_string(const Config& cfg)
-{
-    if (cfg.basicType().type() == BasicType::TENSOR) {
-        return cfg.tensorType().to_spec();
-    }
-    if (cfg.collectionType().type() == CollectionType::SINGLE) {
-        return cfg.basicType().asString();
-    }
-    return std::string(cfg.collectionType().asString()) +
-           "<" + std::string(cfg.basicType().asString()) + ">";
-}
-
 void
 convert_config_to_slime(const Config& cfg, bool full, Cursor& object)
 {
-    object.setString("type", type_to_string(cfg));
+    object.setString("type", cfg.type_to_string());
     object.setBool("fast_search", cfg.fastSearch());
     object.setBool("filter", cfg.getIsFilter());
     object.setBool("paged", cfg.paged());
diff --git a/searchlib/src/tests/attribute/raw_attribute/raw_attribute_test.cpp b/searchlib/src/tests/attribute/raw_attribute/raw_attribute_test.cpp
index ca1b707a2906..8c91cfca5f8e 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/tests/attribute/raw_attribute/raw_attribute_test.cpp
+++ b/searchlib/src/tests/attribute/raw_attribute/raw_attribute_test.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ TEST_F(RawAttributeTest, search_is_not_implemented)
         EXPECT_NE(nullptr, dynamic_cast<const EmptySearchContext*>(ctx.get()));
     }
     std::vector<std::string> exp;
-    exp.emplace_back("Search is not implemented for attribute 'raw' of type 'search::attribute::SingleRawAttribute'.");
+    exp.emplace_back("Search is not supported for attribute 'raw' of type 'raw' ('search::attribute::SingleRawAttribute').");
     EXPECT_EQ(exp, handler.list);
 }
 
diff --git a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.cpp b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.cpp
index 393b4e3b5e08..e862ed8d5a2a 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.cpp
+++ b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.cpp
@@ -70,4 +70,17 @@ Config::set_hnsw_index_params(const HnswIndexParams& params) {
     return *this;
 }
 
+std::string
+Config::type_to_string() const
+{
+    if (basicType().type() == BasicType::TENSOR) {
+        return tensorType().to_spec();
+    }
+    if (collectionType().type() == CollectionType::SINGLE) {
+        return basicType().asString();
+    }
+    return std::string(collectionType().asString()) +
+           "<" + std::string(basicType().asString()) + ">";
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.h b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.h
index 01ee80892f6a..61e4434dbc95 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.h
+++ b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchcommon/attribute/config.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class Config {
 
     uint64_t getMaxUnCommittedMemory() const noexcept { return _maxUnCommittedMemory; }
     Config & setMaxUnCommittedMemory(uint64_t value) { _maxUnCommittedMemory = value; return *this; }
+    std::string type_to_string() const;
 
 private:
     BasicType      _basicType;
diff --git a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/not_implemented_attribute.cpp b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/not_implemented_attribute.cpp
index 6acd9de2dcb1..b4549c1c0d05 100644
--- a/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/not_implemented_attribute.cpp
+++ b/searchlib/src/vespa/searchlib/attribute/not_implemented_attribute.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ NotImplementedAttribute::addDoc(DocId &) {
 
 std::unique_ptr<SearchContext>
 NotImplementedAttribute::getSearch(QueryTermSimpleUP, const attribute::SearchContextParams &) const {
-    Issue::report("Search is not implemented for attribute '%s' of type '%s'.",
-                  getName().c_str(), getClassName(*this).c_str());
+    Issue::report("Search is not supported for attribute '%s' of type '%s' ('%s').",
+                  getName().c_str(), getConfig().type_to_string().c_str(), getClassName(*this).c_str());
     return std::make_unique<EmptySearchContext>(*this);
 }