diff --git a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
index b9039b1d74..2ab7f456ca 100644
--- a/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
+++ b/crypto/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.security.crypto.password;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
 /**
  * A password encoder that delegates to another PasswordEncoder based upon a prefixed
  * identifier.
@@ -129,6 +131,10 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_ID_SUFFIX = "}";
 
+	public static final String NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER_MAPPED = "There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"%s\"";
+
+	public static final String NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER_PREFIX = "You have entered a password with no PasswordEncoder. If that is your intent, it should be prefixed with `{noop}`.";
+
 	private final String idPrefix;
 
 	private final String idSuffix;
@@ -286,7 +292,10 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoder implements PasswordEncoder {
 		@Override
 		public boolean matches(CharSequence rawPassword, String prefixEncodedPassword) {
 			String id = extractId(prefixEncodedPassword);
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"" + id + "\"");
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(id)) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER_MAPPED, id));
+			}
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER_PREFIX);
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
index ec76f10ba4..a3222fb41e 100644
--- a/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
+++ b/crypto/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/crypto/password/DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 
+	public static final String NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER = "You have entered a password with no PasswordEncoder. If that is your intent, it should be prefixed with `{noop}`.";
+
 	@Mock
 	private PasswordEncoder bcrypt;
 
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 	public void matchesWhenNoClosingPrefixStringThenIllegalArgumentException() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> this.passwordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, "{bcrypt" + this.rawPassword))
-			.withMessage("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"null\"");
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
 	}
 
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 	public void matchesWhenNoStartingPrefixStringThenFalse() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> this.passwordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, "bcrypt}" + this.rawPassword))
-			.withMessage("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"null\"");
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 	public void matchesWhenNoIdStringThenFalse() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> this.passwordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, "{}" + this.rawPassword))
-			.withMessage("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"\"");
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
 	}
 
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> this.passwordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, "invalid" + this.bcryptEncodedPassword))
 			.isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-			.withMessage("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"null\"");
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
 	}
 
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 		DelegatingPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder = new DelegatingPasswordEncoder(this.bcryptId, this.delegates);
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
 			.isThrownBy(() -> passwordEncoder.matches(this.rawPassword, this.rawPassword))
-			.withMessage("There is no PasswordEncoder mapped for the id \"null\"");
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
 	}
 
@@ -289,4 +291,14 @@ public class DelegatingPasswordEncoderTests {
 		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void matchesShouldThrowIllegalArgumentExceptionWhenNoPasswordEncoderIsMappedForTheId() {
+		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
+			.isThrownBy(() -> this.passwordEncoder.matches("rawPassword", "prefixEncodedPassword"))
+			.isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+			.withMessage(NO_PASSWORD_ENCODER);
+		verifyNoMoreInteractions(this.bcrypt, this.noop);
+
+	}
+
 }