diff --git a/src/components/Toast/index.tsx b/src/components/Toast/index.tsx
index 057dc8205b..564b97f808 100644
--- a/src/components/Toast/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toast/index.tsx
@@ -70,5 +70,9 @@ export function show(
       ...options,
       duration: options?.duration ?? DURATION,
     })
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Toast can be a string or a React element, got ${typeof content}`,
+    )
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Toast/index.web.tsx b/src/components/Toast/index.web.tsx
index 29d16d67e3..ac42c11473 100644
--- a/src/components/Toast/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toast/index.web.tsx
@@ -49,5 +49,9 @@ export function show(
       ...options,
       duration: options?.duration ?? DURATION,
     })
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Toast can be a string or a React element, got ${typeof content}`,
+    )
   }
 }