diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device_discovery.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device_discovery.dart
index 9d2fd5ef99..a250b36094 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device_discovery.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/lib/src/android/android_device_discovery.dart
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class AndroidDevices extends PollingDeviceDiscovery {
     } on ProcessException catch (exception) {
       throwToolExit(
         'Unable to run "adb", check your Android SDK installation and '
-        '$kAndroidHome environment variable: ${exception.executable}',
+        '$kAndroidHome environment variable: ${exception.executable}\n'
+        'Error details: ${exception.message}',
       );
     }
     final List<AndroidDevice> devices = <AndroidDevice>[];
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_discovery_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_discovery_test.dart
index 2f2135df0e..86eedc920e 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_discovery_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/android/android_device_discovery_test.dart
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ void main() {
       const FakeCommand(
         command: <String>['adb', 'devices', '-l'],
         exitCode: 1,
+        stderr: '<stderr from adb>'
       ),
     ]);
     final AndroidDevices androidDevices = AndroidDevices(
@@ -99,8 +100,15 @@ void main() {
       userMessages: UserMessages(),
     );
 
-    expect(androidDevices.pollingGetDevices(),
-      throwsToolExit(message: RegExp('Unable to run "adb"')));
+    expect(
+      androidDevices.pollingGetDevices(),
+      throwsToolExit(
+        message:
+          'Unable to run "adb", check your Android SDK installation and ANDROID_HOME environment variable: adb\n'
+          'Error details: Process exited abnormally with exit code 1:\n'
+          '<stderr from adb>',
+      ),
+    );
   });
 
   testWithoutContext('AndroidDevices is disabled if feature is disabled', () {