diff --git a/system/HTTP/RedirectResponse.php b/system/HTTP/RedirectResponse.php
index b9cabbba6793..1040c1578628 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/RedirectResponse.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/RedirectResponse.php
@@ -44,16 +44,20 @@ public function to(string $uri, ?int $code = null, string $method = 'auto')
      * Sets the URI to redirect to but as a reverse-routed or named route
      * instead of a raw URI.
      *
+     * @param string $route Named route or Controller::method
+     *
      * @throws HTTPException
      *
      * @return $this
      */
     public function route(string $route, array $params = [], int $code = 302, string $method = 'auto')
     {
+        $namedRoute = $route;
+
         $route = Services::routes()->reverseRoute($route, ...$params);
 
         if (! $route) {
-            throw HTTPException::forInvalidRedirectRoute($route);
+            throw HTTPException::forInvalidRedirectRoute($namedRoute);
         }
 
         return $this->redirect(site_url($route), $method, $code);
diff --git a/system/Language/en/HTTP.php b/system/Language/en/HTTP.php
index 8902b8ea4d89..5ee3cae27bc3 100644
--- a/system/Language/en/HTTP.php
+++ b/system/Language/en/HTTP.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     'emptySupportedNegotiations' => 'You must provide an array of supported values to all Negotiations.',
 
     // RedirectResponse
-    'invalidRoute' => '{0} route cannot be found while reverse-routing.',
+    'invalidRoute' => 'The route for "{0}" cannot be found.',
 
     // DownloadResponse
     'cannotSetBinary'        => 'When setting filepath cannot set binary.',
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectResponseTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectResponseTest.php
index 9773ab8c7b72..95cd6003f275 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectResponseTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/RedirectResponseTest.php
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ public function testRedirectRoute()
         $this->assertSame('http://example.com/index.php/exampleRoute', $response->getHeaderLine('Location'));
     }
 
-    public function testRedirectRouteBad()
+    public function testRedirectRouteBadNamedRoute()
     {
         $this->expectException(HTTPException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The route for "differentRoute" cannot be found.');
 
         $response = new RedirectResponse(new App());
 
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ public function testRedirectRouteBad()
         $response->route('differentRoute');
     }
 
+    public function testRedirectRouteBadControllerMethod()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(HTTPException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The route for "Bad::badMethod" cannot be found.');
+
+        $response = new RedirectResponse(new App());
+
+        $this->routes->add('exampleRoute', 'Home::index');
+
+        $response->route('Bad::badMethod');
+    }
+
     public function testRedirectRelativeConvertsToFullURI()
     {
         $response = new RedirectResponse($this->config);