diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
index 135025cf57..25ec3dcd80 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ executeItemOptUnwrapTarget(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
 					if (have_error)
 						RETURN_ERROR(ereport(ERROR,
 											 (errcode(ERRCODE_NON_NUMERIC_SQL_JSON_ITEM),
-											  errmsg("jsonpath item method .%s() can only be applied to a numeric value",
+											  errmsg("numeric argument of jsonpath item method .%s() is out of range for type double precision",
 													 jspOperationName(jsp->type)))));
 					res = jperOk;
 				}
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ executeItemOptUnwrapTarget(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
 					if (have_error || isinf(val))
 						RETURN_ERROR(ereport(ERROR,
 											 (errcode(ERRCODE_NON_NUMERIC_SQL_JSON_ITEM),
-											  errmsg("jsonpath item method .%s() can only be applied to a numeric value",
+											  errmsg("string argument of jsonpath item method .%s() is not a valid representation of a double precision number",
 													 jspOperationName(jsp->type)))));
 
 					jb = &jbv;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
index 83a050d3e2..f8a5deb2b9 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
@@ -1496,7 +1496,9 @@ select jsonb_path_query('"1.23"', '$.double()');
 (1 row)
 
 select jsonb_path_query('"1.23aaa"', '$.double()');
-ERROR:  jsonpath item method .double() can only be applied to a numeric value
+ERROR:  string argument of jsonpath item method .double() is not a valid representation of a double precision number
+select jsonb_path_query('1e1000', '$.double()');
+ERROR:  numeric argument of jsonpath item method .double() is out of range for type double precision
 select jsonb_path_query('"nan"', '$.double()');
  jsonb_path_query 
 ------------------
@@ -1510,9 +1512,9 @@ select jsonb_path_query('"NaN"', '$.double()');
 (1 row)
 
 select jsonb_path_query('"inf"', '$.double()');
-ERROR:  jsonpath item method .double() can only be applied to a numeric value
+ERROR:  string argument of jsonpath item method .double() is not a valid representation of a double precision number
 select jsonb_path_query('"-inf"', '$.double()');
-ERROR:  jsonpath item method .double() can only be applied to a numeric value
+ERROR:  string argument of jsonpath item method .double() is not a valid representation of a double precision number
 select jsonb_path_query('"inf"', '$.double()', silent => true);
  jsonb_path_query 
 ------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
index 731b4d444c..a50abed95d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ select jsonb_path_query('{}', '$.double()', silent => true);
 select jsonb_path_query('1.23', '$.double()');
 select jsonb_path_query('"1.23"', '$.double()');
 select jsonb_path_query('"1.23aaa"', '$.double()');
+select jsonb_path_query('1e1000', '$.double()');
 select jsonb_path_query('"nan"', '$.double()');
 select jsonb_path_query('"NaN"', '$.double()');
 select jsonb_path_query('"inf"', '$.double()');