diff --git a/src/Common/atomicRename.cpp b/src/Common/atomicRename.cpp
index 4acdff5f66c..1ce1c6b0cf5 100644
--- a/src/Common/atomicRename.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/atomicRename.cpp
@@ -57,11 +57,15 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
 namespace DB
 {
 
-static bool supportsAtomicRenameImpl()
+static bool supportsAtomicRenameImpl(std::string * out_message)
 {
     VersionNumber renameat2_minimal_version(3, 15, 0);
     VersionNumber linux_version(Poco::Environment::osVersion());
-    return linux_version >= renameat2_minimal_version;
+    if (linux_version >= renameat2_minimal_version)
+        return true;
+    if (out_message)
+        *out_message = fmt::format("Linux kernel 3.15+ is required, got {}", linux_version.toString());
+    return false;
 }
 
 static bool renameat2(const std::string & old_path, const std::string & new_path, int flags)
@@ -97,9 +101,9 @@ static bool renameat2(const std::string & old_path, const std::string & new_path
     ErrnoException::throwFromPath(ErrorCodes::SYSTEM_ERROR, new_path, "Cannot rename {} to {}", old_path, new_path);
 }
 
-bool supportsAtomicRename()
+bool supportsAtomicRename(std::string * out_message)
 {
-    static bool supports = supportsAtomicRenameImpl();
+    static bool supports = supportsAtomicRenameImpl(out_message);
     return supports;
 }
 
@@ -152,15 +156,19 @@ static bool renameat2(const std::string & old_path, const std::string & new_path
 }
 
 
-static bool supportsAtomicRenameImpl()
+static bool supportsAtomicRenameImpl(std::string * out_message)
 {
     auto fun = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "renamex_np");
-    return fun != nullptr;
+    if (fun != nullptr)
+        return true;
+    if (out_message)
+        *out_message = "macOS 10.12 or later is required";
+    return false;
 }
 
-bool supportsAtomicRename()
+bool supportsAtomicRename(std::string * out_message)
 {
-    static bool supports = supportsAtomicRenameImpl();
+    static bool supports = supportsAtomicRenameImpl(out_message);
     return supports;
 }
 
@@ -179,8 +187,10 @@ static bool renameat2(const std::string &, const std::string &, int)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool supportsAtomicRename()
+bool supportsAtomicRename(std::string * out_message)
 {
+    if (out_message)
+        *out_message = "only Linux and macOS are supported";
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Common/atomicRename.h b/src/Common/atomicRename.h
index 6da8a8f623b..96d0d6d1e5a 100644
--- a/src/Common/atomicRename.h
+++ b/src/Common/atomicRename.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace DB
 {
 
 /// Returns true, if the following functions supported by the system
-bool supportsAtomicRename();
+bool supportsAtomicRename(std::string * out_message = nullptr);
 
 /// Atomically rename old_path to new_path. If new_path exists, do not overwrite it and throw exception
 void renameNoReplace(const std::string & old_path, const std::string & new_path);
diff --git a/src/Databases/DatabaseAtomic.cpp b/src/Databases/DatabaseAtomic.cpp
index d86e29ca915..e2e2414b1ca 100644
--- a/src/Databases/DatabaseAtomic.cpp
+++ b/src/Databases/DatabaseAtomic.cpp
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ void DatabaseAtomic::renameTable(ContextPtr local_context, const String & table_
             throw Exception(ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Moving tables between databases of different engines is not supported");
     }
 
-    if (exchange && !supportsAtomicRename())
-        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "RENAME EXCHANGE is not supported");
+    std::string message;
+    if (exchange && !supportsAtomicRename(&message))
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "RENAME EXCHANGE is not supported because exchanging files is not supported by the OS ({})", message);
 
     waitDatabaseStarted();
 
diff --git a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
index c1f9b4637f8..6b79552ef0b 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/InterpreterCreateQuery.cpp
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ void InterpreterCreateQuery::validateMaterializedViewColumnsAndEngine(const ASTC
         if (database && database->getEngineName() != "Atomic")
             throw Exception(ErrorCodes::INCORRECT_QUERY,
                 "Refreshable materialized views (except with APPEND) only support Atomic database engine, but database {} has engine {}", create.getDatabase(), database->getEngineName());
+
+        std::string message;
+        if (!supportsAtomicRename(&message))
+            throw Exception(ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                "Can't create refreshable materialized view because exchanging files is not supported by the OS ({})", message);
     }
 
     Block input_block;