diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-call.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-call.ts
index b4ec6379f2e1..f496f02d9155 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-call.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/src/rules/no-unsafe-call.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default createRule<[], MessageIds>({
       requiresTypeChecking: true,
     },
     messages: {
-      unsafeCall: 'Unsafe call of an `any` typed value.',
+      unsafeCall: 'Unsafe call of an {{type}} typed value.',
       unsafeCallThis: [
         'Unsafe call of an `any` typed value. `this` is typed as `any`.',
         'You can try to fix this by turning on the `noImplicitThis` compiler option, or adding a `this` parameter to the function.',
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ export default createRule<[], MessageIds>({
             messageId = 'unsafeCallThis';
           }
         }
+
+        const isErrorType = tsutils.isIntrinsicErrorType(type);
+
         context.report({
           node: reportingNode,
           messageId: messageId,
+          data: {
+            type: isErrorType ? '`error` type' : '`any`',
+          },
         });
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-call.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-call.test.ts
index bb844011fd7b..fe62b0595fb1 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-call.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/no-unsafe-call.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@ function foo(x: any) {
   x();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 4,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -59,7 +69,17 @@ function foo(x: any) {
   x?.();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 4,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -67,7 +87,17 @@ function foo(x: any) {
   x.a.b.c.d.e.f.g();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 18,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -75,7 +105,17 @@ function foo(x: any) {
   x.a.b.c.d.e.f.g?.();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 18,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -83,7 +123,17 @@ function foo(x: { a: any }) {
   x.a();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 6,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -91,7 +141,17 @@ function foo(x: { a: any }) {
   x?.a();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 7,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -99,7 +159,17 @@ function foo(x: { a: any }) {
   x.a?.();
 }
       `,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'unsafeCall' }],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 3,
+          endColumn: 6,
+          data: {
+            type: '`any`',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       code: `
@@ -163,5 +233,22 @@ const methods = {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      code: `
+let value: NotKnown;
+value();
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsafeCall',
+          line: 3,
+          column: 1,
+          endColumn: 6,
+          data: {
+            type: '`error` type',
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
 });