@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Enhancements
 
--   Remove the unused Jest peer dependency from the fixture package ([#83505](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/83505)).
+-   Remove the unused Jest peer dependency from the fixture package ([#83502](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/83502)).
 
 ## 9.21.0 (2026-09-23)
 
 
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ export default function consoleTests() {
 				cleanup = () => console[ methodName ]( 'Cleanup message.' );
 			} );
 
+			// The unasserted console call must fail the test even after resetting mocks.
+			// eslint-disable-next-line vitest/expect-expect
 			test.fails(
 				'does not let afterEach reset hide an unexpected call',
 				() => {
 
@@ -621,11 +621,28 @@ export default dedupePlugins( [
 			// Vitest has no no-jasmine-globals equivalent.
 			'no-restricted-globals': [
 				'error',
-				'jasmine',
-				'spyOn',
-				'spyOnProperty',
-				'fail',
-				'pending',
+				{
+					name: 'jasmine',
+					message: 'Use the vi and expect APIs from Vitest instead.',
+				},
+				{
+					name: 'spyOn',
+					message: 'Use vi.spyOn() from Vitest instead.',
+				},
+				{
+					name: 'spyOnProperty',
+					message:
+						'Use vi.spyOn() from Vitest with a get or set accessor instead.',
+				},
+				{
+					name: 'fail',
+					message: 'Use expect.fail() from Vitest instead.',
+				},
+				{
+					name: 'pending',
+					message:
+						'Use the Vitest test context skip() method instead.',
+				},
 			],
 		},
 	} ) ),