diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
index 939d1480ff..91a93d633b 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
@@ -413,15 +413,27 @@ object QueryPlanSerde extends Logging with CometExprShim with CometTypeShim {
    * in the other.
    */
   def allAggsSupportMixedExecution(aggExprs: Seq[AggregateExpression]): Boolean = {
-    aggExprs.forall { aggExpr =>
-      val fn = aggExpr.aggregateFunction
-      aggrSerdeMap.get(fn.getClass) match {
-        case Some(handler) =>
-          handler
-            .asInstanceOf[CometAggregateExpressionSerde[AggregateFunction]]
-            .supportsMixedPartialFinal
-        case None => false
-      }
+    aggExprs.forall(aggExpr => supportsMixedExecution(aggExpr.aggregateFunction))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the aggregate functions in the list whose intermediate buffer formats are not known
+   * to be compatible between Spark and Comet. These are the functions that prevent a Spark Final
+   * aggregate (without a Comet Partial) from running, since the buffer produced by one engine
+   * cannot be safely consumed by the other.
+   */
+  def aggsNotSupportingMixedExecution(
+      aggExprs: Seq[AggregateExpression]): Seq[AggregateFunction] = {
+    aggExprs.map(_.aggregateFunction).filterNot(supportsMixedExecution)
+  }
+
+  private def supportsMixedExecution(fn: AggregateFunction): Boolean = {
+    aggrSerdeMap.get(fn.getClass) match {
+      case Some(handler) =>
+        handler
+          .asInstanceOf[CometAggregateExpressionSerde[AggregateFunction]]
+          .supportsMixedPartialFinal
+      case None => false
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/operators.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/operators.scala
index e4d6b53770..2db1873aa0 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/operators.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/operators.scala
@@ -1538,13 +1538,18 @@ trait CometBaseAggregate {
       return None
     }
 
-    if (sparkFinalMode &&
-      !QueryPlanSerde.allAggsSupportMixedExecution(aggregate.aggregateExpressions)) {
-      withFallbackReason(
-        aggregate,
-        "Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible " +
-          "intermediate buffer formats")
-      return None
+    if (sparkFinalMode) {
+      val incompatibleAggs =
+        QueryPlanSerde.aggsNotSupportingMixedExecution(aggregate.aggregateExpressions)
+      if (incompatibleAggs.nonEmpty) {
+        val names = incompatibleAggs.map(_.prettyName).distinct.sorted.mkString(", ")
+        withFallbackReason(
+          aggregate,
+          "Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible " +
+            "intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) " +
+            s"have incompatible buffers: $names")
+        return None
+      }
     }
 
     // Check if this aggregate has been tagged as unsafe for mixed execution
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4-spark3_5/q70/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4-spark3_5/q70/extended.txt
index 14ad77dad4..08df1c04a0 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4-spark3_5/q70/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4-spark3_5/q70/extended.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CometNativeColumnarToRow
       +- CometWindowExec
          +- CometSort
             +- CometColumnarExchange
-               +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+               +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                   +- Exchange
                      +- HashAggregate
                         +- Expand
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q10/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q10/extended.txt
index 07af300183..fcb5e0003d 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q10/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q10/extended.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TakeOrderedAndProject
-+-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
++-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: count]
    +- Exchange
       +- HashAggregate
          +- Project
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q35/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q35/extended.txt
index 07af300183..50e9ebb965 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q35/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q35/extended.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TakeOrderedAndProject
-+-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
++-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: avg, count]
    +- Exchange
       +- HashAggregate
          +- Project
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q45/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q45/extended.txt
index f95c69368f..2d463ef986 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q45/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v1_4/q45/extended.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TakeOrderedAndProject
-+-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
++-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
    +- Exchange
       +- HashAggregate
          +- Project
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7-spark3_5/q70a/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7-spark3_5/q70a/extended.txt
index 10ea854de0..e527d95f46 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7-spark3_5/q70a/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7-spark3_5/q70a/extended.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CometNativeColumnarToRow
                   +- CometColumnarExchange
                      +- HashAggregate
                         +- Union
-                           :-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+                           :-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                            :  +- Exchange
                            :     +- HashAggregate
                            :        +- Project
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ CometNativeColumnarToRow
                            :                                                              +- CometProject
                            :                                                                 +- CometFilter
                            :                                                                    +- CometNativeScan parquet spark_catalog.default.date_dim
-                           :-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+                           :-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                            :  +- Exchange
                            :     +- HashAggregate
-                           :        +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+                           :        +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                            :           +- Exchange
                            :              +- HashAggregate
                            :                 +- Project
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ CometNativeColumnarToRow
                            :                                                                       +- CometProject
                            :                                                                          +- CometFilter
                            :                                                                             +- CometNativeScan parquet spark_catalog.default.date_dim
-                           +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+                           +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                               +- Exchange
                                  +- HashAggregate
-                                    +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
+                                    +-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: sum]
                                        +- Exchange
                                           +- HashAggregate
                                              +- Project
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7/q35/extended.txt b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7/q35/extended.txt
index 07af300183..c340d4a42c 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7/q35/extended.txt
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/tpcds-plan-stability/approved-plans-v2_7/q35/extended.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 TakeOrderedAndProject
-+-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats]
++-  HashAggregate [COMET: Spark Final aggregate without Comet Partial requires compatible intermediate buffer formats, but the following aggregate function(s) have incompatible buffers: avg, count, sum]
    +- Exchange
       +- HashAggregate
          +- Project