diff --git a/doc/xml/release/2024/2.53.xml b/doc/xml/release/2024/2.53.xml
index 2465484ab..17f418b57 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/2024/2.53.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/2024/2.53.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,19 @@
 
                 <p>Allow alternative WAL segment sizes for PostgreSQL &amp;le; 10.</p>
             </release-item>
+
+            <release-item>
+                <github-issue id="2381"/>
+                <github-pull-request id="2385"/>
+
+                <release-item-contributor-list>
+                    <release-item-contributor id="vitalii.zurian"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="reid.thompson"/>
+                    <release-item-reviewer id="david.steele"/>
+                </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                <p>Add hint to check <proper>SFTP</proper> authorization log.</p>
+            </release-item>
         </release-improvement-list>
     </release-core-list>
 </release>
diff --git a/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml b/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
index 0e8c298b3..64b83d3f1 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release/contributor.xml
@@ -1073,6 +1073,11 @@
     <contributor-id type="github">ViperRu</contributor-id>
 </contributor>
 
+<contributor id="vitalii.zurian">
+    <contributor-name-display>Vitalii Zurian</contributor-name-display>
+    <contributor-id type="github">thecatontheflat</contributor-id>
+</contributor>
+
 <contributor id="vitaliy.kukharik">
     <contributor-name-display>Vitaliy Kukharik</contributor-name-display>
     <contributor-id type="github">vitabaks</contributor-id>
diff --git a/src/storage/sftp/storage.c b/src/storage/sftp/storage.c
index 364024552..f5beb69b6 100644
--- a/src/storage/sftp/storage.c
+++ b/src/storage/sftp/storage.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ storageSftpNew(
                     "HINT: libssh2 compiled against non-openssl libraries requires --repo-sftp-private-key-file and"
                     " --repo-sftp-public-key-file to be provided\n"
                     "HINT: libssh2 versions before 1.9.0 expect a PEM format keypair, try ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -P \"\" to"
-                    " generate the keypair"));
+                    " generate the keypair\n"
+                    "HINT: check authorization log on the SFTP server"));
         }
 
         // Init the sftp session
diff --git a/test/src/module/storage/sftpTest.c b/test/src/module/storage/sftpTest.c
index 573645b8f..5c3e451f2 100644
--- a/test/src/module/storage/sftpTest.c
+++ b/test/src/module/storage/sftpTest.c
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ testRun(void)
             "HINT: libssh2 compiled against non-openssl libraries requires --repo-sftp-private-key-file and"
             " --repo-sftp-public-key-file to be provided\n"
             "HINT: libssh2 versions before 1.9.0 expect a PEM format keypair, try ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -P \"\" to generate the"
-            " keypair");
+            " keypair\n"
+            "HINT: check authorization log on the SFTP server");
 
         // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         TEST_TITLE("fingerprint mismatch");
@@ -586,7 +587,8 @@ testRun(void)
             "HINT: libssh2 compiled against non-openssl libraries requires --repo-sftp-private-key-file and"
             " --repo-sftp-public-key-file to be provided\n"
             "HINT: libssh2 versions before 1.9.0 expect a PEM format keypair, try ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -P \"\" to generate the"
-            " keypair");
+            " keypair\n"
+            "HINT: check authorization log on the SFTP server");
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
             unsetenv("PGBACKREST_REPO1_SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE"), 0, "unset PGBACKREST_REPO1_SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE");
 
@@ -2036,7 +2038,8 @@ testRun(void)
             "HINT: libssh2 compiled against non-openssl libraries requires --repo-sftp-private-key-file and"
             " --repo-sftp-public-key-file to be provided\n"
             "HINT: libssh2 versions before 1.9.0 expect a PEM format keypair, try ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -P \"\" to generate the"
-            " keypair");
+            " keypair\n"
+            "HINT: check authorization log on the SFTP server");
 
         TEST_RESULT_BOOL(
             unsetenv("PGBACKREST_REPO1_SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE"), 0, "unset PGBACKREST_REPO1_SFTP_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE");