diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c286d71659..266bc3627c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 - [962](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/962) Streamline AccrueAllInterest
 - [967](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/962) Use taylor series of e^x for more accurate interest at high APY.
 - [987](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/987) Streamline x/leverage CLI tests
+- [1012](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/pull/1012) Improve negative time elapsed error message
 
 ## [v2.0.2](https://github.com/umee-network/umee/releases/tag/v2.0.2) - 2022-05-13
 
diff --git a/x/leverage/keeper/interest.go b/x/leverage/keeper/interest.go
index df784f8491..c66fbc12c6 100644
--- a/x/leverage/keeper/interest.go
+++ b/x/leverage/keeper/interest.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	gogotypes "github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
 
 	"github.com/umee-network/umee/v2/x/leverage/types"
@@ -77,11 +76,10 @@ func (k Keeper) AccrueAllInterest(ctx sdk.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// calculate time elapsed since last interest accrual (measured in years for APR math)
-	secondsElapsed := currentTime - prevInterestTime
-	if secondsElapsed < 0 {
-		return sdkerrors.Wrap(types.ErrNegativeTimeElapsed, fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", secondsElapsed))
+	if currentTime < prevInterestTime {
+		return types.ErrNegativeTimeElapsed.Wrap(fmt.Sprintf("current: %d, prev: %d", currentTime, prevInterestTime))
 	}
-	yearsElapsed := sdk.NewDec(secondsElapsed).QuoInt64(types.SecondsPerYear)
+	yearsElapsed := sdk.NewDec(currentTime - prevInterestTime).QuoInt64(types.SecondsPerYear)
 
 	// fetch required parameters
 	tokens := k.GetAllRegisteredTokens(ctx)