diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
index 74cdc76e1..47564b6da 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/blob.py
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ def from_string(cls, uri, client=None):
             blob = Blob.from_string("gs://bucket/object", client=client)
 
         :type uri: str
-        :param uri: The blob uri pass to get blob object.
+        :param uri: The blob uri following a gs://bucket/object pattern.
+          Both a bucket and object name is required to construct a blob object.
 
         :type client: :class:`~google.cloud.storage.client.Client`
         :param client:
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ def from_string(cls, uri, client=None):
 
         match = _GS_URL_REGEX_PATTERN.match(uri)
         if not match:
-            raise ValueError("URI scheme must be gs")
+            raise ValueError("URI pattern must be gs://bucket/object")
         bucket = Bucket(client, name=match.group("bucket_name"))
         return cls(match.group("object_name"), bucket)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_blob.py b/tests/unit/test_blob.py
index 5cd37cae3..563111ef0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_blob.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_blob.py
@@ -5840,7 +5840,7 @@ def test_from_string_w_invalid_uri(self):
 
         client = self._make_client()
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="URI scheme must be gs"):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             Blob.from_string("http://bucket_name/b", client)
 
     def test_from_string_w_domain_name_bucket(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_client.py b/tests/unit/test_client.py
index 592920d0e..9650de976 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_client.py
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ def test_download_blob_to_file_with_invalid_uri(self):
         client = self._make_one(project=project, credentials=credentials)
         file_obj = io.BytesIO()
 
-        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="URI scheme must be gs"):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             client.download_blob_to_file("http://bucket_name/path/to/object", file_obj)
 
     def test_download_blob_to_file_w_no_retry(self):