diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/FileAccessTree.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/FileAccessTree.java
index f7a391be39975..e541faf91078d 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/FileAccessTree.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/FileAccessTree.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ record ExclusivePath(String componentName, Set<String> moduleNames, String path)
 
         @Override
         public String toString() {
-            return "[[" + componentName + "] [" + moduleNames + "] [" + path + "]]";
+            return "[[" + componentName + "] " + moduleNames + " [" + path + "]]";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/PolicyManagerTests.java b/libs/entitlement/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/PolicyManagerTests.java
index af3eb324f2dc7..0f5725999a2fd 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/PolicyManagerTests.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/policy/PolicyManagerTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.entitlement.runtime.policy.PolicyManager.ALL_UNNAMED;
 import static org.elasticsearch.entitlement.runtime.policy.PolicyManager.SERVER_COMPONENT_NAME;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.aMapWithSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 
@@ -412,9 +413,9 @@ public void testDuplicateEntitlements() {
     }
 
     public void testFilesEntitlementsWithExclusive() {
-        var baseTestPath = Path.of("/tmp").toAbsolutePath();
-        var testPath1 = Path.of("/tmp/test").toAbsolutePath();
-        var testPath2 = Path.of("/tmp/test/foo").toAbsolutePath();
+        var baseTestPath = Path.of("/base").toAbsolutePath();
+        var testPath1 = Path.of("/base/test").toAbsolutePath();
+        var testPath2 = Path.of("/base/test/foo").toAbsolutePath();
         var iae = expectThrows(
             IllegalArgumentException.class,
             () -> new PolicyManager(
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ public void testFilesEntitlementsWithExclusive() {
                         "test",
                         List.of(
                             new Scope(
-                                "test",
+                                "test.module1",
                                 List.of(
                                     new FilesEntitlement(
                                         List.of(FilesEntitlement.FileData.ofPath(testPath1, FilesEntitlement.Mode.READ).withExclusive(true))
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ public void testFilesEntitlementsWithExclusive() {
                         "test",
                         List.of(
                             new Scope(
-                                "test",
+                                "test.module2",
                                 List.of(
                                     new FilesEntitlement(
                                         List.of(FilesEntitlement.FileData.ofPath(testPath1, FilesEntitlement.Mode.READ).withExclusive(true))
@@ -457,8 +458,8 @@ public void testFilesEntitlementsWithExclusive() {
                 Set.of()
             )
         );
-        assertTrue(iae.getMessage().contains("duplicate/overlapping exclusive paths found in files entitlements:"));
-        assertTrue(iae.getMessage().contains(Strings.format("[test] [%s]]", testPath1.toString())));
+        assertThat(iae.getMessage(),
+            containsString("Path [/base/test] is exclusive to plugin2/test.module2 and plugin1/[test.module1]"));
 
         iae = expectThrows(
             IllegalArgumentException.class,