diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.mjs b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.mjs
index 2734833954..81135d2486 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.mjs
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.mjs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class Accordion extends GOVUKFrontendComponent {
     if (!$sections.length) {
       throw new ElementError({
         componentName: 'Accordion',
-        identifier: `Sections (\`.${this.sectionClass}\`)`
+        identifier: `Sections (\`<div class="${this.sectionClass}">\`)`
       })
     }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export class Accordion extends GOVUKFrontendComponent {
       if (!$header) {
         throw new ElementError({
           componentName: 'Accordion',
-          identifier: `Section headers (\`.${this.sectionHeaderClass}\`)`
+          identifier: `Section headers (\`<div class="${this.sectionHeaderClass}">\`)`
         })
       }
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export class Accordion extends GOVUKFrontendComponent {
     if (!$span) {
       throw new ElementError({
         componentName: 'Accordion',
-        identifier: `Section button (\`.${this.sectionButtonClass}\`)`
+        identifier: `Section button (\`<span class="${this.sectionButtonClass}">\`)`
       })
     }
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ export class Accordion extends GOVUKFrontendComponent {
     if (!$button) {
       throw new ElementError({
         componentName: 'Accordion',
-        identifier: `Section button (\`.${this.sectionButtonClass}\`)`
+        identifier: `Section button (\`<span class="${this.sectionButtonClass}">\`)`
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.puppeteer.test.js b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.puppeteer.test.js
index fce20f739c..ec8ca12900 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.puppeteer.test.js
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/components/accordion/accordion.puppeteer.test.js
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ describe('/components/accordion', () => {
           ).rejects.toEqual({
             name: 'ElementError',
             message:
-              'Accordion: Sections (`.govuk-accordion__section`) not found'
+              'Accordion: Sections (`<div class="govuk-accordion__section">`) not found'
           })
         })
 
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ describe('/components/accordion', () => {
           ).rejects.toEqual({
             name: 'ElementError',
             message:
-              'Accordion: Section headers (`.govuk-accordion__section-header`) not found'
+              'Accordion: Section headers (`<div class="govuk-accordion__section-header">`) not found'
           })
         })
 
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ describe('/components/accordion', () => {
           ).rejects.toEqual({
             name: 'ElementError',
             message:
-              'Accordion: Section button (`.govuk-accordion__section-button`) not found'
+              'Accordion: Section button (`<span class="govuk-accordion__section-button">`) not found'
           })
         })