diff --git a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
index 956df5ec..c93cc2fa 100644
--- a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
+++ b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
@@ -86,9 +86,17 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
             playbooks = v_utils.get_validations_playbook(validations_dir,
                                                          validation_name,
                                                          group)
-            if not playbooks:
-                msg = "Validation {} not found in {}.".format(validation_name,
-                                                              validations_dir)
+
+            if not playbooks or len(validation_name) != len(playbooks):
+                p = []
+                for play in playbooks:
+                    p.append(os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(play)[0]))
+
+                unknown_validation = list(set(validation_name) - set(p))
+
+                msg = "Validation {} not found in {}.".format(
+                    unknown_validation, validations_dir)
+
                 raise RuntimeError(msg)
         else:
             raise RuntimeError("No validations found")