diff --git a/esphome/components/bme280_base/bme280_base.cpp b/esphome/components/bme280_base/bme280_base.cpp
index addbfe618d..f31940df10 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bme280_base/bme280_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/bme280_base/bme280_base.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h>
 #include <esphome/core/component.h>
 
-#define BME280_ERROR_WRONG_CHIP_ID "Wrong chip ID"
+#define BME280_ERROR_WRONG_CHIP_ID "Wrong chip ID or no response"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace bme280_base {
diff --git a/esphome/components/bmp280_base/bmp280_base.cpp b/esphome/components/bmp280_base/bmp280_base.cpp
index de685e7c27..603966a2b5 100644
--- a/esphome/components/bmp280_base/bmp280_base.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/bmp280_base/bmp280_base.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "esphome/core/hal.h"
 #include "esphome/core/log.h"
 
-#define BMP280_ERROR_WRONG_CHIP_ID "Wrong chip ID"
+#define BMP280_ERROR_WRONG_CHIP_ID "Wrong chip ID or no response"
 
 namespace esphome {
 namespace bmp280_base {