diff --git a/cli/src/cli_util.rs b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
index 9590b4c156..a43c4912c9 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -2575,24 +2575,14 @@ pub fn print_snapshot_stats(
             let ui_path = path_converter.format_file_path(path);
             let message = match reason {
                 UntrackedReason::FileTooLarge { size, max_size } => {
-                    // if the size difference is < 1KiB, then show exact bytes.
-                    // otherwise, show in human-readable form; this avoids weird cases
-                    // where a file is 400 bytes too large but the error says something
+                    // Show both exact and human bytes sizes to avoid something
                     // like '1.0MiB, maximum size allowed is ~1.0MiB'
-                    let size_diff = size - max_size;
-                    if size_diff <= 1024 {
-                        format!(
-                            "{size_diff} bytes too large; the maximum size allowed is {max_size} \
-                             bytes ({max_size_approx})",
-                            max_size_approx = HumanByteSize(*max_size)
-                        )
-                    } else {
-                        format!(
-                            "{size}; the maximum size allowed is ~{max_size}",
-                            size = HumanByteSize(*size),
-                            max_size = HumanByteSize(*max_size)
-                        )
-                    }
+                    let size_approx = HumanByteSize(*size);
+                    let max_size_approx = HumanByteSize(*max_size);
+                    format!(
+                        "{size_approx} ({size} bytes); the maximum size allowed is \
+                         {max_size_approx} ({max_size} bytes)",
+                    )
                 }
             };
             writeln!(formatter, "  {ui_path}: {message}")?;
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_working_copy.rs b/cli/tests/test_working_copy.rs
index 92d243fe94..dc2acccb20 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_working_copy.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_working_copy.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn test_snapshot_large_file() {
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"empty");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r"
     Warning: Refused to snapshot some files:
-      large: 3 bytes too large; the maximum size allowed is 10 bytes (10.0B)
+      large: 13.0B (13 bytes); the maximum size allowed is 10.0B (10 bytes)
     Hint: This is to prevent large files from being added by accident. You can fix this by:
       - Adding the file to `.gitignore`
       - Run `jj config set --repo snapshot.max-new-file-size 13`
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn test_snapshot_large_file() {
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @"empty");
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r"
     Warning: Refused to snapshot some files:
-      large: 1024 bytes too large; the maximum size allowed is 10240 bytes (10.0KiB)
+      large: 11.0KiB (11264 bytes); the maximum size allowed is 10.0KiB (10240 bytes)
     Hint: This is to prevent large files from being added by accident. You can fix this by:
       - Adding the file to `.gitignore`
       - Run `jj config set --repo snapshot.max-new-file-size 11264`
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fn test_snapshot_large_file_restore() {
         test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&repo_path, &["restore", "--from=description(committed)"]);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r"
     Warning: Refused to snapshot some files:
-      file: 3 bytes too large; the maximum size allowed is 10 bytes (10.0B)
+      file: 13.0B (13 bytes); the maximum size allowed is 10.0B (10 bytes)
     Hint: This is to prevent large files from being added by accident. You can fix this by:
       - Adding the file to `.gitignore`
       - Run `jj config set --repo snapshot.max-new-file-size 13`