diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/InstanceStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/InstanceStage.ts
index a72424fc7d..26fc8b4c4b 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/InstanceStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/InstanceStage.ts
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ export class InstanceStage implements ModifierStage {
 
   private handleOrdinalScope(
     target: Target,
-    { start, length }: OrdinalScopeModifier,
+    { start, length, scopeType }: OrdinalScopeModifier,
   ): Target[] {
     return this.getEveryRanges(target).flatMap(([editor, searchRange]) =>
       takeFromOffset(
+        scopeType,
         this.getTargetIterable(
           target,
           editor,
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export class InstanceStage implements ModifierStage {
 
   private handleRelativeScope(
     target: Target,
-    { direction, offset, length }: RelativeScopeModifier,
+    { direction, offset, length, scopeType }: RelativeScopeModifier,
   ): Target[] {
     const referenceTargets = this.storedTargets.get("instanceReference") ?? [
       target,
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ export class InstanceStage implements ModifierStage {
             );
 
       return takeFromOffset(
+        scopeType,
         this.getTargetIterable(target, editor, iterationRange, direction),
         offset === 0 ? 0 : offset - 1,
         length,
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ function getFilterScopeType(target: Target): ScopeType | null {
  * starting at `offset`
  */
 function takeFromOffset<T>(
+  scopeType: ScopeType,
   iterable: Iterable<T>,
   offset: number,
   count: number,
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ function takeFromOffset<T>(
   const items = Array.from(itake(count, iterable));
 
   if (items.length < count) {
-    throw new OutOfRangeError();
+    throw new OutOfRangeError(scopeType, offset + count - 1);
   }
 
   return items;
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/OrdinalScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/OrdinalScopeStage.ts
index c1396ef5b4..1e9e30d8a7 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/OrdinalScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/OrdinalScopeStage.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import type { OrdinalScopeModifier } from "@cursorless/common";
 import type { Target } from "../../typings/target.types";
 import type { ModifierStageFactory } from "../ModifierStageFactory";
 import type { ModifierStage } from "../PipelineStages.types";
+import { sliceStrict } from "./listUtils";
 import {
   createRangeTargetFromIndices,
   getEveryScopeTargets,
 } from "./targetSequenceUtils";
-import { sliceStrict } from "./listUtils";
 
 export class OrdinalScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
   constructor(
@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ export class OrdinalScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
     const endIndex = startIndex + this.modifier.length - 1;
 
     if (this.modifier.isEvery) {
-      return sliceStrict(targets, startIndex, endIndex);
+      return sliceStrict(
+        this.modifier.scopeType,
+        targets,
+        startIndex,
+        endIndex,
+      );
     }
 
     return [
       createRangeTargetFromIndices(
+        this.modifier.scopeType,
         target.isReversed,
         targets,
         startIndex,
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
index 3d91160e12..709304a361 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/RelativeScopeStage.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ export class RelativeScopeStage implements ModifierStage {
     );
 
     if (scopes.length < this.modifier.length) {
-      throw new OutOfRangeError();
+      throw new OutOfRangeError(
+        this.modifier.scopeType,
+        this.modifier.offset + this.modifier.length - 1,
+      );
     }
 
     const { isReversed } = target;
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/listUtils.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/listUtils.ts
index 1b28e296d8..8a243f652f 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/listUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/listUtils.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
+import type { ScopeType } from "@cursorless/common";
+
 export class OutOfRangeError extends Error {
-  constructor() {
-    super("Scope index out of range");
+  constructor(scopeType: ScopeType, index?: number) {
+    const numberStr = index != null ? ` #${index + 1}` : "";
+    super(`Scope '${scopeType.type}'${numberStr} is out of range`);
     this.name = "OutOfRangeError";
   }
 }
 
 /** Slice list of by given indices */
 export function sliceStrict<T>(
+  scopeType: ScopeType,
   targets: T[],
   startIndex: number,
   endIndex: number,
 ): T[] {
-  assertIndices(targets, startIndex, endIndex);
+  assertIndices(scopeType, targets, startIndex, endIndex);
 
   return targets.slice(startIndex, endIndex + 1);
 }
 
 export function assertIndices<T>(
+  scopeType: ScopeType,
   targets: T[],
   startIndex: number,
   endIndex: number,
 ): void {
-  if (startIndex < 0 || endIndex >= targets.length) {
-    throw new OutOfRangeError();
+  if (startIndex < 0 || startIndex >= targets.length) {
+    throw new OutOfRangeError(scopeType, startIndex);
+  }
+  if (endIndex < 0 || endIndex >= targets.length) {
+    throw new OutOfRangeError(scopeType, endIndex);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/relativeScopeLegacy.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/relativeScopeLegacy.ts
index 4cc146a65f..f757d88dbd 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/relativeScopeLegacy.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/relativeScopeLegacy.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function calculateIndicesAndCreateTarget(
 
   return [
     createRangeTargetFromIndices(
+      modifier.scopeType,
       target.isReversed,
       targets,
       startIndex,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ function computeProximalIndex(
         );
 
     if (adjacentTargetIndex === -1) {
-      throw new OutOfRangeError();
+      throw new OutOfRangeError(modifier.scopeType);
     }
 
     // For convenience, if they ask to include intersecting indices, we just
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/targetSequenceUtils.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/targetSequenceUtils.ts
index f91dcf602d..b2c528ad4c 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/targetSequenceUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/targetSequenceUtils.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ import { assertIndices } from "./listUtils";
  * end of the range
  */
 export function createRangeTargetFromIndices(
+  scopeType: ScopeType,
   isReversed: boolean,
   targets: Target[],
   startIndex: number,
   endIndex: number,
 ): Target {
-  assertIndices(targets, startIndex, endIndex);
+  assertIndices(scopeType, targets, startIndex, endIndex);
 
   if (startIndex === endIndex) {
     return targets[startIndex];