diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
index 1aa5ec71d1ba8..7404a27e1753f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
@@ -590,14 +590,19 @@ object FunctionRegistry {
           val validParametersCount = constructors
             .filter(_.getParameterTypes.forall(_ == classOf[Expression]))
             .map(_.getParameterCount).distinct.sorted
-          val expectedNumberOfParameters = if (validParametersCount.length == 1) {
-            validParametersCount.head.toString
+          val invalidArgumentsMsg = if (validParametersCount.length == 0) {
+            s"Invalid arguments for function $name"
           } else {
-            validParametersCount.init.mkString("one of ", ", ", " and ") +
-              validParametersCount.last
+            val expectedNumberOfParameters = if (validParametersCount.length == 1) {
+              validParametersCount.head.toString
+            } else {
+              validParametersCount.init.mkString("one of ", ", ", " and ") +
+                validParametersCount.last
+            }
+            s"Invalid number of arguments for function $name. " +
+              s"Expected: $expectedNumberOfParameters; Found: ${params.length}"
           }
-          throw new AnalysisException(s"Invalid number of arguments for function $name. " +
-            s"Expected: $expectedNumberOfParameters; Found: ${params.length}")
+          throw new AnalysisException(invalidArgumentsMsg)
         }
         Try(f.newInstance(expressions : _*).asInstanceOf[Expression]) match {
           case Success(e) => e
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UDFSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UDFSuite.scala
index 984e1b993b910..08a98e29d2ad0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UDFSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/UDFSuite.scala
@@ -535,4 +535,11 @@ class UDFSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     assert(info.getNote === "")
     assert(info.getExtended.contains("> SELECT upper('SparkSql');"))
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-28521 error message for CAST(parameter types contains DataType)") {
+    val e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+      spark.sql("SELECT CAST(1)")
+    }
+    assert(e.getMessage.contains("Invalid arguments for function cast"))
+  }
 }