diff --git a/src/expr/core/src/aggregate/mod.rs b/src/expr/core/src/aggregate/mod.rs
index 695aad482343d..e77c549a99db0 100644
--- a/src/expr/core/src/aggregate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/expr/core/src/aggregate/mod.rs
@@ -160,16 +160,7 @@ pub fn build(agg: &AggCall, prefer_append_only: bool) -> Result<BoxedAggregateFu
     };
 
     // find the signature for builtin aggregation
-    let sig = crate::sig::FUNCTION_REGISTRY
-        .get(*kind, agg.args.arg_types(), &agg.return_type)
-        .ok_or_else(|| {
-            ExprError::UnsupportedFunction(format!(
-                "{}({}) -> {}",
-                kind.as_str_name().to_ascii_lowercase(),
-                agg.args.arg_types().iter().format(", "),
-                agg.return_type,
-            ))
-        })?;
+    let sig = crate::sig::FUNCTION_REGISTRY.get(*kind, agg.args.arg_types(), &agg.return_type)?;
 
     if let FuncBuilder::Aggregate {
         append_only: Some(f),
diff --git a/src/expr/core/src/expr/build.rs b/src/expr/core/src/expr/build.rs
index 91ebe67f479a9..988adbb5d8342 100644
--- a/src/expr/core/src/expr/build.rs
+++ b/src/expr/core/src/expr/build.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use crate::expr::{
     BoxedExpression, Expression, ExpressionBoxExt, InputRefExpression, LiteralExpression,
 };
 use crate::sig::FUNCTION_REGISTRY;
-use crate::{bail, ExprError, Result};
+use crate::{bail, Result};
 
 /// Build an expression from protobuf.
 pub fn build_from_prost(prost: &ExprNode) -> Result<BoxedExpression> {
@@ -188,16 +188,7 @@ pub fn build_func(
     children: Vec<BoxedExpression>,
 ) -> Result<BoxedExpression> {
     let args = children.iter().map(|c| c.return_type()).collect_vec();
-    let desc = FUNCTION_REGISTRY
-        .get(func, &args, &ret_type)
-        .ok_or_else(|| {
-            ExprError::UnsupportedFunction(format!(
-                "{}({}) -> {}",
-                func.as_str_name().to_ascii_lowercase(),
-                args.iter().format(", "),
-                ret_type,
-            ))
-        })?;
+    let desc = FUNCTION_REGISTRY.get(func, &args, &ret_type)?;
     desc.build_scalar(ret_type, children)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/expr/core/src/sig/mod.rs b/src/expr/core/src/sig/mod.rs
index ae5af5b57c649..aae3802489d09 100644
--- a/src/expr/core/src/sig/mod.rs
+++ b/src/expr/core/src/sig/mod.rs
@@ -113,9 +113,38 @@ impl FunctionRegistry {
         name: impl Into<FuncName>,
         args: &[DataType],
         ret: &DataType,
-    ) -> Option<&FuncSign> {
-        let v = self.0.get(&name.into())?;
-        v.iter().find(|d| d.match_args_ret(args, ret))
+    ) -> Result<&FuncSign, ExprError> {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let err = |candidates: &Vec<FuncSign>| {
+            // Note: if we return error here, it probably means there is a bug in frontend type inference,
+            // because such error should be caught in the frontend.
+            ExprError::UnsupportedFunction(format!(
+                "{}({}) -> {}{}",
+                name,
+                args.iter().format(", "),
+                ret,
+                if candidates.is_empty() {
+                    "".to_string()
+                } else {
+                    format!(
+                        "\nHINT: Supported functions:\n{}",
+                        candidates
+                            .iter()
+                            .map(|d| format!(
+                                "  {}({}) -> {}",
+                                d.name,
+                                d.inputs_type.iter().format(", "),
+                                d.ret_type
+                            ))
+                            .format("\n")
+                    )
+                }
+            ))
+        };
+        let v = self.0.get(&name).ok_or_else(|| err(&vec![]))?;
+        v.iter()
+            .find(|d| d.match_args_ret(args, ret))
+            .ok_or_else(|| err(v))
     }
 
     /// Returns all function signatures with the same type and number of arguments.
diff --git a/src/expr/core/src/table_function/mod.rs b/src/expr/core/src/table_function/mod.rs
index d2d8e291ee076..ba976bda59404 100644
--- a/src/expr/core/src/table_function/mod.rs
+++ b/src/expr/core/src/table_function/mod.rs
@@ -127,16 +127,7 @@ pub fn build(
 ) -> Result<BoxedTableFunction> {
     use itertools::Itertools;
     let args = children.iter().map(|t| t.return_type()).collect_vec();
-    let desc = crate::sig::FUNCTION_REGISTRY
-        .get(func, &args, &return_type)
-        .ok_or_else(|| {
-            ExprError::UnsupportedFunction(format!(
-                "{}({}) -> setof {}",
-                func.as_str_name().to_ascii_lowercase(),
-                args.iter().format(", "),
-                return_type,
-            ))
-        })?;
+    let desc = crate::sig::FUNCTION_REGISTRY.get(func, &args, &return_type)?;
     desc.build_table(return_type, chunk_size, children)
 }