diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/servererrors/ReadTimeoutException.java b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/servererrors/ReadTimeoutException.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/servererrors/ReadTimeoutException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/datastax/oss/driver/api/core/servererrors/ReadTimeoutException.java
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public class ReadTimeoutException extends QueryConsistencyException {
     this(
         coordinator,
         String.format(
-            "Cassandra timeout during read query at consistency %s (%s)",
+            "Cassandra timeout during read query at consistency %s (%s). "
+                + "In case this was generated during read repair, the consistency level is not representative of the actual consistency.",
             consistencyLevel, formatDetails(received, blockFor, dataPresent)),
         consistencyLevel,
         received,
Update log message to inform about incorrect CL for read repair (#<I>)