diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/redirectValidation.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/redirectValidation.test.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c4ea33911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/redirectValidation.test.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`validateRedirect throw for bad redirects 1`] = `
+"fromRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string
+Redirect={\\"fromRoutePath\\":\\"https://fb.com/fromSomePath\\",\\"toRoutePath\\":\\"/toSomePath\\"}"
+`;
+
+exports[`validateRedirect throw for bad redirects 2`] = `
+"toRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string
+Redirect={\\"fromRoutePath\\":\\"/fromSomePath\\",\\"toRoutePath\\":\\"https://fb.com/toSomePath\\"}"
+`;
+
+exports[`validateRedirect throw for bad redirects 3`] = `
+"toRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string
+Redirect={\\"fromRoutePath\\":\\"/fromSomePath\\",\\"toRoutePath\\":\\"/toSomePath?queryString=xyz\\"}"
+`;
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/redirectValidation.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/redirectValidation.test.ts
index 5d141843ec..035001e40e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/redirectValidation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/__tests__/redirectValidation.test.ts
@@ -33,26 +33,20 @@ describe('validateRedirect', () => {
         fromRoutePath: 'https://fb.com/fromSomePath',
         toRoutePath: '/toSomePath',
       }),
-    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"fromRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string"`,
-    );
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
 
     expect(() =>
       validateRedirect({
         fromRoutePath: '/fromSomePath',
         toRoutePath: 'https://fb.com/toSomePath',
       }),
-    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"toRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string"`,
-    );
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
 
     expect(() =>
       validateRedirect({
         fromRoutePath: '/fromSomePath',
         toRoutePath: '/toSomePath?queryString=xyz',
       }),
-    ).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"toRoutePath is not a valid pathname. Pathname should start with / and not contain any domain or query string"`,
-    );
+    ).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/redirectValidation.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/redirectValidation.ts
index 1d04e19d6b..7c732d0375 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/redirectValidation.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-client-redirects/src/redirectValidation.ts
@@ -22,5 +22,10 @@ const RedirectSchema = Yup.object<RedirectMetadata>({
 });
 
 export function validateRedirect(redirect: RedirectMetadata) {
-  RedirectSchema.validateSync(redirect);
+  try {
+    RedirectSchema.validateSync(redirect);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Tells the user which redirect is the problem!
+    throw new Error(`${e.message}\nRedirect=${JSON.stringify(redirect)}`);
+  }
 }