diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7069.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7069.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdc60810159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7069.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fix:
+- Update error message in timeline visualization when MDS disabled ([#7069](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/7069))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.test.ts
index e5596a001a2..e0509723151 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ describe('fetchDataSourceIdByName()', () => {
     await expect(
       fetchDataSourceIdByName({ ...config, data_source_name: 'Some Data Source' }, client)
     ).rejects.toThrowError(
-      'To query from multiple data sources, first enable the data source feature'
+      'data_source_name is not supported. Contact your administrator to start using multiple data sources'
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.ts
index e3d0d76d23e..e41ec9246ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timeline/server/lib/fetch_data_source_id.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export const fetchDataSourceIdByName = async (
   }
 
   if (!getDataSourceEnabled().enabled) {
-    throw new Error('To query from multiple data sources, first enable the data source feature');
+    throw new Error(
+      'data_source_name is not supported. Contact your administrator to start using multiple data sources'
+    );
   }
 
   const dataSources = await client.find<DataSourceAttributes>({