diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/abstract_errors_info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/abstract_errors_info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a1c5d7b378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/abstract_errors_info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - plugin loader, now when skipping a plugin due to an abstract method error we provide that in 'verbose' mode instead of totally obscuring the error.
+    The current implementation assumed only the base classes would trigger this and failed to consider 'in development' plugins.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
index ef72587b126..f2cc7f3f89d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
@@ -873,8 +873,8 @@ class PluginLoader:
                 obj = instance
             except TypeError as e:
                 if "abstract" in e.args[0]:
-                    # Abstract Base Class.  The found plugin file does not
-                    # fully implement the defined interface.
+                    # Abstract Base Class or incomplete plugin, don't load
+                    display.v('Returning not found on "%s" as it has unimplemented abstract methods; %s' % (name, to_native(e)))
                     return get_with_context_result(None, plugin_load_context)
                 raise