diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/ShapeOps.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/ShapeOps.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/ShapeOps.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/Shape/IR/ShapeOps.td
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
 def Shape_CstrRequireOp : Shape_Op<"cstr_require", []> {
   let summary = "Represents a runtime assertion that an i1 is `true`";
   let description = [{
-    Represents a runtime assretion that an i1 is true. It returns a
+    Represents a runtime assertion that an i1 is true. It returns a
     !shape.witness to order this assertion.
 
     For simplicity, prefer using other cstr_* ops if they are available for a
@@ -750,13 +750,17 @@
     Example:
     ```mlir
     %bool = ...
-    %w0 = shape.cstr_require %bool // Passing if `%bool` is true.
+    %w0 = shape.cstr_require %bool, "msg" // Passing if `%bool` is true.
     ```
+
+    Since this op can be used to express many different possible assertions
+    (depending on whatever computation calculated `pred`), the `msg`
+    should clarify the nature of the assertion for users.
   }];
-  let arguments = (ins I1:$pred);
+  let arguments = (ins I1:$pred, StrAttr:$msg);
   let results = (outs Shape_WitnessType:$result);
 
-  let assemblyFormat = "$pred attr-dict";
+  let assemblyFormat = "$pred `,` $msg attr-dict";
 
   let hasFolder = 1;
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/canonicalize.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
   // CHECK-NEXT: consume.witness
   // CHECK-NEXT: return
   %true = constant true
-  %0 = shape.cstr_require %true
+  %0 = shape.cstr_require %true, "msg"
   "consume.witness"(%0) : (!shape.witness) -> ()
   return
 }
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
   // CHECK-NEXT: shape.cstr_require
   // CHECK-NEXT: consume.witness
   // CHECK-NEXT: return
-  %0 = shape.cstr_require %arg0
+  %0 = shape.cstr_require %arg0, "msg"
   "consume.witness"(%0) : (!shape.witness) -> ()
   return
 }
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/ops.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/ops.mlir
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/ops.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/Shape/ops.mlir
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
   %w1 = shape.cstr_eq %0, %1
   %w2 = shape.const_witness true
   %w3 = shape.const_witness false
-  %w4 = shape.cstr_require %true
+  %w4 = shape.cstr_require %true, "msg"
   %w_all = shape.assuming_all %w0, %w1, %w2, %w3, %w4
   shape.assuming %w_all -> !shape.shape {
     %2 = "shape.any"(%0, %1) : (!shape.shape, !shape.shape) -> !shape.shape