diff --git a/.changeset/good-snails-attend.md b/.changeset/good-snails-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7783440372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/good-snails-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/rss": patch
+---
+
+Improve RSS schema errors with additional property name context
diff --git a/packages/astro-rss/src/index.ts b/packages/astro-rss/src/index.ts
index 800db22f06..35c14f5d57 100644
--- a/packages/astro-rss/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro-rss/src/index.ts
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ async function validateRssOptions(rssOptions: RSSOptions) {
 		return parsedResult.data;
 	}
 	const formattedError = new Error(
-		[
-			`[RSS] Invalid or missing options:`,
-			...parsedResult.error.errors.map((zodError) => zodError.message),
-		].join('\n')
-	);
+    [
+      `[RSS] Invalid or missing options:`,
+      ...parsedResult.error.errors.map(
+        zodError => `${zodError.message} (${zodError.path.join('.')})`
+      ),
+    ].join('\n')
+  )
 	throw formattedError;
 }