diff --git a/changes/1157.bugfix.rst b/changes/1157.bugfix.rst
index 35609a32c..cb9c13db4 100644
--- a/changes/1157.bugfix.rst
+++ b/changes/1157.bugfix.rst
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Briefcase will now detect, if you try to launch an version on an android that is too old.
+Briefcase will detect if you attempt to launch an Android app on a device whose OS doesn't meet minimum version requirements.
diff --git a/src/briefcase/integrations/android_sdk.py b/src/briefcase/integrations/android_sdk.py
index 0c6012df4..fdd87b44f 100644
--- a/src/briefcase/integrations/android_sdk.py
+++ b/src/briefcase/integrations/android_sdk.py
@@ -1336,10 +1336,11 @@ def run(self, *arguments: SubprocessArgT, quiet: bool = False) -> str:
                 ],
                 quiet=quiet,
             )
-            # Manually raise error if "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]" occurs,
-            # because this failer results in return code 0
+            # add returns status code 0 in the case of failure. The only tangible evidence
+            # of failure is the message "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]" in the,
+            # console output; so if that message exists in the output, raise an exception.
             if "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]" in output:
-                raise BriefcaseCommandError("Failed to install older SDK")
+                raise BriefcaseCommandError("Your device doesn't meet the minimum SDK requirements of this app.")
             return output
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             if any(DEVICE_NOT_FOUND.match(line) for line in e.output.split("\n")):
diff --git a/tests/integrations/android_sdk/ADB/test_run.py b/tests/integrations/android_sdk/ADB/test_run.py
index 0a72a223d..a61669e10 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/android_sdk/ADB/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/android_sdk/ADB/test_run.py
@@ -111,5 +111,8 @@ def test_older_sdk_error(mock_tools, adb):
             "Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]",
         ]
     )
-    with pytest.raises(BriefcaseCommandError):
+    with pytest.raises(
+        BriefcaseCommandError,
+        r"Your device doesn't meet the minimum SDK requirements of this app.",
+    ):
         adb.run("example", "command")