diff --git a/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts b/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
index 8b60fd20f9..7d0ae32a85 100644
--- a/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
+++ b/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export type ParsedSelectorPart = {
 };
 
 export type ParsedSelector = {
+  selector: string,
   parts: ParsedSelectorPart[],
   capture?: number,
 };
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export function parseSelector(selector: string): ParsedSelector {
     return part;
   });
   return {
+    selector,
     capture: result.capture,
     parts
   };
diff --git a/src/server/dom.ts b/src/server/dom.ts
index 91fb017099..13f41e9a90 100644
--- a/src/server/dom.ts
+++ b/src/server/dom.ts
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ export function waitForSelectorTask(selector: SelectorInfo, state: 'attached' |
         } else {
           if (elements.length > 1) {
             if (strict)
-              throw new Error(`strict mode violation: selector resolved to ${elements.length} elements.`);
+              throw new Error(injected.strictModeViolationErrorMessage(parsed, elements));
             progress.log(`  selector resolved to ${elements.length} elements. Proceeding with the first one.`);
           }
           progress.log(`  selector resolved to ${visible ? 'visible' : 'hidden'} ${injected.previewNode(element)}`);
diff --git a/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts b/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
index 74549e975b..d2d5c489f4 100644
--- a/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
+++ b/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { ParsedSelector, ParsedSelectorPart, parseSelector } from '../common/sel
 import { FatalDOMError } from '../common/domErrors';
 import { SelectorEvaluatorImpl, isVisible, parentElementOrShadowHost, elementMatchesText, TextMatcher, createRegexTextMatcher, createStrictTextMatcher, createLaxTextMatcher } from './selectorEvaluator';
 import { CSSComplexSelectorList } from '../common/cssParser';
+import { generateSelector } from './selectorGenerator';
 
 type Predicate<T> = (progress: InjectedScriptProgress, continuePolling: symbol) => T | symbol;
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ export class InjectedScript {
     try {
       const result = this._querySelectorRecursively([{ element: root as Element, capture: undefined }], selector, 0, new Map());
       if (strict && result.length > 1)
-        throw new Error(`strict mode violation: selector resolved to ${result.length} elements.`);
+        throw new Error(this.strictModeViolationErrorMessage(selector, result.map(r => r.element)));
       return result[0]?.capture || result[0]?.element;
     } finally {
       this._evaluator.end();
@@ -737,6 +738,17 @@ export class InjectedScript {
       text = text.substring(0, 49) + '\u2026';
     return oneLine(`<${element.nodeName.toLowerCase()}${attrText}>${text}</${element.nodeName.toLowerCase()}>`);
   }
+
+  strictModeViolationErrorMessage(selector: ParsedSelector, matches: Element[]): string {
+    const infos = matches.slice(0, 10).map(m => ({
+      preview: this.previewNode(m),
+      selector: generateSelector(this, m).selector
+    }));
+    const lines = infos.map((info, i) => `\n    ${i + 1}) ${info.preview} aka playwright.$("${info.selector}")`);
+    if (infos.length < matches.length)
+      lines.push('\n    ...');
+    return `strict mode violation: "${selector.selector}" resolved to ${matches.length} elements:${lines.join('')}\n`;
+  }
 }
 
 const autoClosingTags = new Set(['AREA', 'BASE', 'BR', 'COL', 'COMMAND', 'EMBED', 'HR', 'IMG', 'INPUT', 'KEYGEN', 'LINK', 'MENUITEM', 'META', 'PARAM', 'SOURCE', 'TRACK', 'WBR']);
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/injected/selectorGenerator.ts b/src/server/injected/selectorGenerator.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from src/server/supplements/injected/selectorGenerator.ts
rename to src/server/injected/selectorGenerator.ts
index 6fe7eccb01..0db5dddec8 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/injected/selectorGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/server/injected/selectorGenerator.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import type InjectedScript from '../../injected/injectedScript';
-import { elementText } from '../../injected/selectorEvaluator';
+import type InjectedScript from './injectedScript';
+import { elementText } from './selectorEvaluator';
 
 type SelectorToken = {
   engine: string;
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts b/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
index cd0da80cd9..9d7b947db1 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/injected/consoleApi.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import type InjectedScript from '../../injected/injectedScript';
-import { generateSelector } from './selectorGenerator';
+import { generateSelector } from '../../injected/selectorGenerator';
 
 type ConsoleAPIInterface = {
   $: (selector: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/server/supplements/injected/recorder.ts b/src/server/supplements/injected/recorder.ts
index 6b1b741582..e612664973 100644
--- a/src/server/supplements/injected/recorder.ts
+++ b/src/server/supplements/injected/recorder.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import type * as actions from '../recorder/recorderActions';
 import type InjectedScript from '../../injected/injectedScript';
-import { generateSelector, querySelector } from './selectorGenerator';
+import { generateSelector, querySelector } from '../../injected/selectorGenerator';
 import type { Point } from '../../../common/types';
 import type { UIState } from '../recorder/recorderTypes';
 
diff --git a/tests/page/page-strict.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-strict.spec.ts
index 1ceb017147..8d0e12721a 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-strict.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-strict.spec.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ it('should fail page.textContent in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent(`<span>span1</span><div><span>target</span></div>`);
   const error = await page.textContent('span', { strict: true }).catch(e => e);
   expect(error.message).toContain('strict mode violation');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('1) <span>span1</span> aka playwright.$("text=span1")');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('2) <span>target</span> aka playwright.$("text=target")');
 });
 
 it('should fail page.getAttribute in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ it('should fail page.fill in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent(`<input></input><div><input></input></div>`);
   const error = await page.fill('input', 'text', { strict: true }).catch(e => e);
   expect(error.message).toContain('strict mode violation');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('1) <input/> aka playwright.$("input")');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('2) <input/> aka playwright.$("div input")');
 });
 
 it('should fail page.$ in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -50,4 +54,6 @@ it('should fail page.dispatchEvent in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent(`<span></span><div><span></span></div>`);
   const error = await page.dispatchEvent('span', 'click', {}, { strict: true }).catch(e => e);
   expect(error.message).toContain('strict mode violation');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('1) <span></span> aka playwright.$("span")');
+  expect(error.message).toContain('2) <span></span> aka playwright.$("div span")');
 });