diff --git a/.changeset/gorgeous-moose-tap.md b/.changeset/gorgeous-moose-tap.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..300f7c0d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gorgeous-moose-tap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers": patch
+---
+
+Fix hardhat-chai-matchers error message when event is overloaded
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/emit.ts b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/emit.ts
index 5718861999..23838cfbd6 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/emit.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/src/internal/emit.ts
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ export function supportEmit(
 
         let eventFragment: EventFragment | null = null;
         try {
-          eventFragment = contract.interface.getEvent(eventName);
-        } catch (e) {
-          // ignore error
+          eventFragment = contract.interface.getEvent(eventName, []);
+        } catch (e: unknown) {
+          if (e instanceof TypeError) {
+            const errorMessage = e.message.split(" (argument=")[0];
+            throw new AssertionError(errorMessage);
+          }
         }
 
         if (eventFragment === null) {
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/contracts.ts b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/contracts.ts
index 451bf646c4..85e5f6e519 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/contracts.ts
@@ -131,3 +131,16 @@ export type EventsContract = BaseContract & {
 };
 
 export type AnotherContract = BaseContract & {};
+
+export type OverrideEventContract = BaseContract & {
+  emitSimpleEventWithUintArg: BaseContractMethod<
+    [BigNumberish],
+    void,
+    ContractTransactionResponse
+  >;
+  emitSimpleEventWithoutArg: BaseContractMethod<
+    [],
+    void,
+    ContractTransactionResponse
+  >;
+};
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/events.ts b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/events.ts
index e9f9d00a18..ba5069c505 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/events.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/events.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type {
   AnotherContract,
   EventsContract,
   MatchersContract,
+  OverrideEventContract,
 } from "./contracts";
 
 import { expect, AssertionError } from "chai";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import { useEnvironment, useEnvironmentWithNode } from "./helpers";
 describe(".to.emit (contract events)", () => {
   let contract: EventsContract;
   let otherContract: AnotherContract;
+  let overrideEventContract: OverrideEventContract;
   let matchers: MatchersContract;
 
   describe("with the in-process hardhat network", function () {
@@ -38,6 +40,12 @@ describe(".to.emit (contract events)", () => {
         )
       ).deploy(await otherContract.getAddress());
 
+      overrideEventContract = await (
+        await this.hre.ethers.getContractFactory<[], OverrideEventContract>(
+          "OverrideEventContract"
+        )
+      ).deploy();
+
       const Matchers = await this.hre.ethers.getContractFactory<
         [],
         MatchersContract
@@ -872,5 +880,30 @@ describe(".to.emit (contract events)", () => {
       const tx = await contract.emitWithoutArgs();
       await expect(tx.hash).to.emit(contract, "WithoutArgs");
     });
+
+    describe("When event is overloaded", () => {
+      it("Should fail when the event name is ambiguous", async function () {
+        await expect(
+          expect(overrideEventContract.emitSimpleEventWithUintArg(1n)).to.emit(
+            overrideEventContract,
+            "simpleEvent"
+          )
+        ).to.be.eventually.rejectedWith(
+          AssertionError,
+          `ambiguous event description (i.e. matches "simpleEvent(uint256)", "simpleEvent()")`
+        );
+      });
+
+      it("Should pass when the event name is not ambiguous", async function () {
+        await expect(overrideEventContract.emitSimpleEventWithUintArg(1n))
+          .to.emit(overrideEventContract, "simpleEvent(uint256)")
+          .withArgs(1);
+
+        await expect(overrideEventContract.emitSimpleEventWithoutArg()).to.emit(
+          overrideEventContract,
+          "simpleEvent()"
+        );
+      });
+    });
   }
 });
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/fixture-projects/hardhat-project/contracts/Events.sol b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/fixture-projects/hardhat-project/contracts/Events.sol
index 2e3131db88..cb82198dc4 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/fixture-projects/hardhat-project/contracts/Events.sol
+++ b/packages/hardhat-chai-matchers/test/fixture-projects/hardhat-project/contracts/Events.sol
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ pragma solidity ^0.8.0;
 contract Events {
   AnotherContract anotherContract;
 
-  struct Struct { uint u; uint v; }
+  struct Struct {
+    uint u;
+    uint v;
+  }
 
   event WithoutArgs();
   event WithUintArg(uint u);
@@ -115,3 +118,16 @@ contract AnotherContract {
     emit WithUintArg(u);
   }
 }
+
+contract OverrideEventContract {
+  event simpleEvent(uint u);
+  event simpleEvent();
+
+  function emitSimpleEventWithUintArg(uint u) public {
+    emit simpleEvent(u);
+  }
+
+  function emitSimpleEventWithoutArg() public {
+    emit simpleEvent();
+  }
+}