diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/global_replication_group.go b/internal/service/elasticache/global_replication_group.go
index bd539cdd431..aab6e8acf3d 100644
--- a/internal/service/elasticache/global_replication_group.go
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/global_replication_group.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func resourceGlobalReplicationGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface
 	d.SetId(aws.StringValue(output.GlobalReplicationGroup.GlobalReplicationGroupId))
 
 	if _, err := WaitGlobalReplicationGroupAvailable(conn, d.Id(), GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultCreatedTimeout); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for ElastiCache Global Replication Group (%s) availability: %w", d.Id(), err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for ElastiCache Global Replication Group (%s) creation: %w", d.Id(), err)
 	}
 
 	return resourceGlobalReplicationGroupRead(d, meta)
diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/replication_group.go b/internal/service/elasticache/replication_group.go
index ca9163a0736..79b1a8e5837 100644
--- a/internal/service/elasticache/replication_group.go
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/replication_group.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ func resourceReplicationGroupCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) er
 		// to be fully added to the global replication group.
 		// API calls to the global replication group can be made in any region.
 		if _, err := WaitGlobalReplicationGroupAvailable(conn, v.(string), GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultCreatedTimeout); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for ElastiCache Global Replication Group (%s) availability: %w", v, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("error waiting for ElastiCache Global Replication Group (%s) to be available: %w", v, err)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/service/elasticache/wait.go b/internal/service/elasticache/wait.go
index 6eae06744bd..52e98023a5e 100644
--- a/internal/service/elasticache/wait.go
+++ b/internal/service/elasticache/wait.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func WaitCacheClusterDeleted(conn *elasticache.ElastiCache, cacheClusterID strin
 }
 
 const (
-	GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultCreatedTimeout = 20 * time.Minute
+	GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultCreatedTimeout = 25 * time.Minute
 	GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultUpdatedTimeout = 40 * time.Minute
 	GlobalReplicationGroupDefaultDeletedTimeout = 20 * time.Minute