diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/help/validate_missing_layer_names.xml b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/help/validate_missing_layer_names.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e96e7c5044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/help/validate_missing_layer_names.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<root>
+<error id="main">
+<title>Missing layers</title>
+<description>## Missing layers for render pass
+
+Render pass subset "{instance_name}" has stored layer names that belong to it's rendering scope but layers were not found in scene.
+
+### Missing layer names
+
+{layer_names}
+
+### How to repair?
+
+Find layers that belong to subset {instance_name} and rename them back to expected layer names or remove the subset and create new with right layers.
+</description>
+</error>
+</root>
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/validate_missing_layer_names.py b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/validate_missing_layer_names.py
index db9d354fcd..294ce6cf4f 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/validate_missing_layer_names.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/plugins/publish/validate_missing_layer_names.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pyblish.api
+from openpype.pipeline import PublishXmlValidationError
 
 
 class ValidateMissingLayers(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
@@ -30,13 +31,25 @@ class ValidateMissingLayers(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             "\"{}\"".format(layer_name)
             for layer_name in missing_layer_names
         ])
+        instance_label = (
+            instance.data.get("label") or instance.data["name"]
+        )
+        description_layer_names = "<br/>".join([
+            "- {}".format(layer_name)
+            for layer_name in missing_layer_names
+        ])
 
         # Raise an error
-        raise AssertionError(
+        raise PublishXmlValidationError(
+            self,
             (
                 "Layers were not found by name for instance \"{}\"."
                 # Description what's wrong
                 " Layer names marked for publishing are not available"
                 " in layers list. Missing layer names: {}"
-            ).format(instance.data["label"], layers_msg)
+            ).format(instance.data["label"], layers_msg),
+            formatting_data={
+                "instance_name": instance_label,
+                "layer_names": description_layer_names
+            }
         )