diff --git a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/Err.scala b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/Err.scala
index dd019e0760d5..4d6987462cf0 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/Err.scala
+++ b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/Err.scala
@@ -18,21 +18,25 @@ object Err {
   final case class InvalidSubmission(message: String) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String = s"Invalid submission: $message"
   }
+
   final case class MissingInputState(key: DamlStateKey) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String =
       s"Missing input state for key $key. Hint: the referenced contract might have been archived."
   }
+
   final case class ArchiveDecodingFailed(packageId: PackageId, reason: String) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String = s"Decoding of DAML-LF archive $packageId failed: $reason"
   }
+
   final case class DecodeError(kind: String, message: String) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String = s"Decoding $kind failed: $message"
   }
+
   final case class EncodeError(kind: String, message: String) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String = s"Encoding $kind failed: $message"
   }
+
   final case class InternalError(message: String) extends Err {
     override def getMessage: String = s"Internal error: $message"
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/committer/transaction/TransactionCommitter.scala b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/committer/transaction/TransactionCommitter.scala
index 374df05fcaec..fe994db1d9dd 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/committer/transaction/TransactionCommitter.scala
+++ b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/src/main/scala/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/committer/transaction/TransactionCommitter.scala
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ private[kvutils] class TransactionCommitter(
             )
         } catch {
           case err: Err.MissingInputState =>
-            logger.warn("Exception during model conformance validation.", err)
+            logger.warn(
+              s"Model conformance validation failed due to a missing input state (most likely due to invalid state on the partcipant), correlationId=${transactionEntry.commandId}"
+            )
             reject(
               commitContext.recordTime,
               buildRejectionLogEntry(transactionEntry, RejectionReason.Disputed(err.getMessage)),