diff --git a/src/zenml/client.py b/src/zenml/client.py
index 4b66dbe9a98..e57b41884a1 100644
--- a/src/zenml/client.py
+++ b/src/zenml/client.py
@@ -5391,11 +5391,15 @@ def _get_entity_by_id_or_name_or_prefix(
 
         # If more than one entity with the same name is found, raise an error.
         entity_label = get_method.__name__.replace("get_", "") + "s"
+        formatted_entity_items = [
+            f"- {item.name}: (id: {item.id})\n"
+            for item in entity.items
+        ]
         raise ZenKeyError(
             f"{entity.total} {entity_label} have been found that have "
             f"a name that matches the provided "
             f"string '{name_id_or_prefix}':\n"
-            f"{[entity.items]}.\n"
+            f"{formatted_entity_items}.\n"
             f"Please use the id to uniquely identify "
             f"only one of the {entity_label}s."
         )