diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/core/sortinganalyzer.py b/src/spikeinterface/core/sortinganalyzer.py
index 53b27aea9e..58bc48f72b 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/core/sortinganalyzer.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/core/sortinganalyzer.py
@@ -1634,11 +1634,17 @@ def compute(self, input, save=True, extension_params=None, verbose=False, **kwar
             return self.compute_one_extension(extension_name=input, save=save, verbose=verbose, **kwargs)
         elif isinstance(input, dict):
             params_, job_kwargs = split_job_kwargs(kwargs)
-            assert len(params_) == 0, "Too many arguments for SortingAnalyzer.compute_several_extensions()"
+            assert len(params_) == 0, (
+                "Too many arguments for SortingAnalyzer.compute_several_extensions(), "
+                f"please remove the arguments {set(params_)} from the compute function."
+            )
             self.compute_several_extensions(extensions=input, save=save, verbose=verbose, **job_kwargs)
         elif isinstance(input, list):
             params_, job_kwargs = split_job_kwargs(kwargs)
-            assert len(params_) == 0, "Too many arguments for SortingAnalyzer.compute_several_extensions()"
+            assert len(params_) == 0, (
+                "Too many arguments for SortingAnalyzer.compute_several_extensions(), "
+                f"please remove the arguments {set(params_)} from the compute function."
+            )
             extensions = {k: {} for k in input}
             if extension_params is not None:
                 for ext_name, ext_params in extension_params.items():