diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e88e5f7..acf75eb 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The project uses [Hypothesis](https://hypothesis.readthedocs.io) for property-ba
 
 Project Documentation is written in Markdown and built using [Material for MkDocs](https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/). API documentation is built from docstrings using [mkdocstrings](https://mkdocstrings.github.io/).
 
-To preview the documentation on your local, run:
+To preview the documentation locally, run:
 ```bash
 mise run local
 ```
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ A good bug report shouldn't leave others needing to chase you up for more inform
 
 - Make sure that you are using the latest version.
 - Determine if your bug is really a bug and not an error on your side e.g. using incompatible environment components/versions.
-- Search exisitng issues to see if other users have experienced (and potentially already solved) the same issue you are having.
+- Search existing issues to see if other users have experienced (and potentially already solved) the same issue you are having.
 - Also make sure to search the internet (including Stack Overflow) to see if users outside of the GitHub community have discussed the issue.
 - Collect information about the bug, e.g., Stack trace (Traceback), OS, platform, and version, .. etc
 
diff --git a/templates/api/handler.py b/templates/api/handler.py
index 7d036f7..d6d3e95 100644
--- a/templates/api/handler.py
+++ b/templates/api/handler.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_item(id: str) -> Response:
     """
     try:
         if (item := repository.get_item(id)) is None:
-            return JsonResponse({"message": "Not found"}, status_code=404)
+            return JsonResponse({"message": f"Item '{id}' not found"}, status_code=404)
         item = Item.model_validate(item)  # Validate model after retrieval to ensure data integrity
     except Exception as exc:
         message = "Item validation failed" if isinstance(exc, ValidationError) else "Error retrieving item"
diff --git a/tests/api/test_handler.py b/tests/api/test_handler.py
index 19c3a78..76ea911 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_handler.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_handler.py
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ def test_get_item_not_found(mock_repo, lambda_context):
     response = handler_module.main(event, lambda_context)
 
     assert response["statusCode"] == 404
+    body = loads(response["body"])
+    assert body["message"] == "Item 'missing' not found"
 
 
 def test_post_item_invalid_body(mock_repo, lambda_context):