diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/StringUtils.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/StringUtils.java
index d7d79796aec89..5b95bc60312d2 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -173,4 +173,14 @@ public static String removeSuffixBy(String input, int ch) {
     }
     return input.substring(0, i);
   }
+
+  public static String truncate(String str, int headLength, int tailLength) {
+    if (isNullOrEmpty(str) || str.length() <= headLength + tailLength) {
+      return str;
+    }
+    String head = str.substring(0, headLength);
+    String tail = str.substring(str.length() - tailLength);
+
+    return head + "..." + tail;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestStringUtils.java b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestStringUtils.java
index 3bdf6d48b395c..54985056bf08e 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestStringUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/util/TestStringUtils.java
@@ -114,4 +114,11 @@ private static String toHexString(byte[] bytes) {
     }
     return sb.toString();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTruncate() {
+    assertNull(StringUtils.truncate(null, 10, 10));
+    assertEquals("http://use...ons/latest", StringUtils.truncate("http://username:password@myregistry.com:5000/versions/latest", 10, 10));
+    assertEquals("http://abc.com", StringUtils.truncate("http://abc.com", 10, 10));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
index e7b44cf912140..007d36fc70423 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class CloudSourceConfig extends HoodieConfig {
 
   public static final ConfigProperty<String> DATAFILE_FORMAT = ConfigProperty
       .key(STREAMER_CONFIG_PREFIX + "source.cloud.data.datafile.format")
-      .defaultValue("parquet")
+      .defaultValue(HoodieIncrSourceConfig.SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT.defaultValue())
       .withAlternatives(DELTA_STREAMER_CONFIG_PREFIX + "source.cloud.data.datafile.format")
       .markAdvanced()
       .withDocumentation("Format of the data file. By default, this will be the same as hoodie.streamer.source.hoodieincr.file.format");
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
index 780fbb9dc0add..110c8cc2fb139 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/SchemaRegistryProvider.java
@@ -195,7 +195,10 @@ public Schema getSourceSchema() {
     try {
       return parseSchemaFromRegistry(registryUrl);
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new HoodieSchemaFetchException("Error reading source schema from registry :" + registryUrl, e);
+      throw new HoodieSchemaFetchException(String.format(
+          "Error reading source schema from registry. Please check %s is configured correctly. Truncated URL: %s",
+          Config.SRC_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_PROP,
+          StringUtils.truncate(registryUrl, 10, 10)), e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -207,7 +210,11 @@ public Schema getTargetSchema() {
     try {
       return parseSchemaFromRegistry(targetRegistryUrl);
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new HoodieSchemaFetchException("Error reading target schema from registry :" + targetRegistryUrl, e);
+      throw new HoodieSchemaFetchException(String.format(
+          "Error reading target schema from registry. Please check %s is configured correctly. If that is not configured then check %s. Truncated URL: %s",
+          Config.SRC_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_PROP,
+          Config.TARGET_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL_PROP,
+          StringUtils.truncate(targetRegistryUrl, 10, 10)), e);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
index 4b9be847c756e..69cc59b1ecec6 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.helpers.QueryInfo;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.helpers.QueryRunner;
 
+import org.apache.parquet.Strings;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Encoders;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.ConfigUtils.getIntWithAltKeys;
 import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.ConfigUtils.getStringWithAltKeys;
 import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty;
+import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.DATAFILE_FORMAT;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.ENABLE_EXISTS_CHECK;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.HoodieIncrSourceConfig.HOODIE_SRC_BASE_PATH;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.HoodieIncrSourceConfig.NUM_INSTANTS_PER_FETCH;
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@
 public class S3EventsHoodieIncrSource extends HoodieIncrSource {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.class);
+  private static final String EMPTY_STRING = "";
   private final String srcPath;
   private final int numInstantsPerFetch;
   private final boolean checkIfFileExists;
@@ -133,7 +136,13 @@ public S3EventsHoodieIncrSource(
     this.srcPath = getStringWithAltKeys(props, HOODIE_SRC_BASE_PATH);
     this.numInstantsPerFetch = getIntWithAltKeys(props, NUM_INSTANTS_PER_FETCH);
     this.checkIfFileExists = getBooleanWithAltKeys(props, ENABLE_EXISTS_CHECK);
-    this.fileFormat = getStringWithAltKeys(props, SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT, true);
+
+    // This is to ensure backward compatibility where we were using the
+    // config SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT for file format in previous versions.
+    this.fileFormat = Strings.isNullOrEmpty(getStringWithAltKeys(props, DATAFILE_FORMAT, EMPTY_STRING))
+        ? getStringWithAltKeys(props, SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT, true)
+        : getStringWithAltKeys(props, DATAFILE_FORMAT, EMPTY_STRING);
+
     this.missingCheckpointStrategy = getMissingCheckpointStrategy(props);
     this.queryRunner = queryRunner;
     this.cloudDataFetcher = cloudDataFetcher;