diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/14005.bugfix.rst b/doc/changes/dev/14005.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa862c5f3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev/14005.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the error message raised when a requested FIR ``filter_length`` is too short, which reported half the actual transition bandwidth, by `Cedric Conday`_.
diff --git a/mne/filter.py b/mne/filter.py
index f8f4abf6499..2ea091c2c87 100644
--- a/mne/filter.py
+++ b/mne/filter.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ def _firwin_design(N, freq, gain, window, sfreq):
             if this_N > N:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"The requested filter length {N} is too short for the requested "
-                    f"{transition * sfreq / 2.0:0.2f} Hz transition band, which "
+                    f"{transition * sfreq:0.2f} Hz transition band, which "
                     f"requires {this_N} samples"
                 )
             # Construct a lowpass
diff --git a/mne/tests/test_filter.py b/mne/tests/test_filter.py
index 02239c8545d..76b3634ba75 100644
--- a/mne/tests/test_filter.py
+++ b/mne/tests/test_filter.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from scipy.signal import butter, freqz, sosfreqz
 from scipy.signal import resample as sp_resample
 
+import mne
 from mne import Epochs, create_info
 from mne._fiff.pick import _DATA_CH_TYPES_SPLIT
 from mne.filter import (
@@ -1134,3 +1135,16 @@ def test_smart_pad(dc, sfreq):
     x_want = np.r_[np.zeros_like(x), x_want, np.zeros_like(x)]
     x_pad = _smart_pad(x, (len(x) * 2,) * 2, "reflect_limited")
     assert_allclose(x_pad, x_want, atol=0.1, err_msg="reflect_limited with zeros")
+
+
+def test_filter_too_short_error_reports_correct_transition():
+    """The 'too short' filter error must report the true transition band (gh-11406)."""
+    sfreq = 1000.0
+    raw = mne.io.RawArray(
+        np.random.default_rng(0).standard_normal((1, 4000)),
+        mne.create_info(1, sfreq, "eeg"),
+    )
+    # filter_length far too short for a 1 Hz transition band; the error must
+    # report 1.00 Hz (the requested l_trans_bandwidth), not half that.
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="1.00 Hz transition band"):
+        raw.filter(l_freq=10, h_freq=None, l_trans_bandwidth=1.0, filter_length="11ms")