diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 426db1cf0075..3fd146f452d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Handle StreamField migrations where the field value is null (Joshua Munn)
  * Fix: Prevent incorrect menu ordering when order value is 0 (Ben Dickinson)
  * Fix: Fix dynamic image serve view with certain backends (Sébastien Corbin)
+ * Fix: Show not allowed extension in error message (Sahil Jangra)
  * Docs: Remove duplicate section on frontend caching proxies from performance page (Jake Howard)
  * Docs: Document `restriction_type` field on PageViewRestriction (Shlomo Markowitz)
  * Docs: Document Wagtail's bug bounty policy (Jake Howard)
diff --git a/docs/releases/6.2.md b/docs/releases/6.2.md
index d38f4c89ffb0..bfeeaff6a99c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/6.2.md
+++ b/docs/releases/6.2.md
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ This feature was developed by Albina Starykova and sponsored by The Motley Fool.
  * Handle StreamField migrations where the field value is null (Joshua Munn)
  * Prevent incorrect menu ordering when order value is 0 (Ben Dickinson)
  * Fix dynamic image serve view with certain backends (Sébastien Corbin)
+ * Show not allowed extension in error message (Sahil Jangra)
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/models.py b/wagtail/documents/models.py
index 445eb6c848de..e84936f37163 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/documents/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from mimetypes import guess_type
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import FileExtensionValidator
 from django.db import models
 from django.dispatch import Signal
@@ -71,7 +72,10 @@ def clean(self):
         allowed_extensions = getattr(settings, "WAGTAILDOCS_EXTENSIONS", None)
         if allowed_extensions:
             validate = FileExtensionValidator(allowed_extensions)
-            validate(self.file)
+            try:
+                validate(self.file)
+            except ValidationError as e:
+                raise ValidationError({"file": e.messages[0]})
 
     def is_stored_locally(self):
         """
diff --git a/wagtail/documents/tests/test_models.py b/wagtail/documents/tests/test_models.py
index e7a88ab8d91a..1dcaecf8ace4 100644
--- a/wagtail/documents/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/wagtail/documents/tests/test_models.py
@@ -217,8 +217,12 @@ def test_create_doc_invalid_extension(self):
         creation when called full_clean. This specific testcase invalid
         file extension is passed
         """
-        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as e:
             self.document_invalid.full_clean()
+        expected_message = (
+            "File extension “doc” is not allowed. Allowed extensions are: pdf."
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(e.exception.message_dict["file"][0], expected_message)
 
     def test_create_doc_valid_extension(self):
         """