diff --git a/mockito/invocation.py b/mockito/invocation.py
index 2b7cd8c..7adb4dd 100644
--- a/mockito/invocation.py
+++ b/mockito/invocation.py
@@ -715,9 +715,23 @@ def verify(self) -> None:
             self.verification.verify(self, self.used)
 
     def check_used(self) -> None:
-        if not self.allow_zero_invocations and self.used < len(self.answers):
+        if self.allow_zero_invocations:
+            return
+
+        expected_uses = len(self.answers)
+        if self.used >= expected_uses:
+            return
+
+        if self.used == 0:
             raise verificationModule.VerificationError(
-                "\nUnused stub: %s" % self)
+                "\nUnused stub: %s" % self
+            )
+        else:
+            raise verificationModule.VerificationError(
+                "\nOnly %s of %s answers were used for %s"
+                % (self.used, expected_uses, self)
+            )
+
 
 class StubbedPropertyAccess(StubbedInvocation):
     def ensure_mocked_object_has_attribute(self, method_name: str) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/instancemethods_test.py b/tests/instancemethods_test.py
index 1ff128e..665bb4a 100644
--- a/tests/instancemethods_test.py
+++ b/tests/instancemethods_test.py
@@ -362,9 +362,31 @@ def testFailSecondAnswerUnused(self):
         when(Dog).bark('Miau').thenReturn('Yep').thenReturn('Nop')
         rex = Dog()
         rex.bark('Miau')
-        with pytest.raises(VerificationError):
+        with pytest.raises(VerificationError) as exc:
             verifyStubbedInvocationsAreUsed(Dog)
 
+        assert str(exc.value) == (
+            "\nOnly 1 of 2 answers were used for bark('Miau')"
+        )
+
+    def testFailOnlyTwoOfThreeAnswersUsed(self):
+        (
+            when(Dog)
+            .bark('Miau')
+            .thenReturn('Yep')
+            .thenReturn('Nop')
+            .thenReturn('Nope')
+        )
+        rex = Dog()
+        rex.bark('Miau')
+        rex.bark('Miau')
+        with pytest.raises(VerificationError) as exc:
+            verifyStubbedInvocationsAreUsed(Dog)
+
+        assert str(exc.value) == (
+            "\nOnly 2 of 3 answers were used for bark('Miau')"
+        )
+
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('unstub')
 class TestImplicitVerificationsUsingExpect: