diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d06d0cf534ba..005ddeaaf596 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * [#12634](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12634) Move `sdk.Dec` to math package.
 * [#12596](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12596) Remove all imports of the non-existent gogo/protobuf v1.3.3 to ease downstream use and go workspaces. 
 * [#12187](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12187) Add batch operation for x/nft module.
+* [#12455](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/12455) Show attempts count in error for signing. 
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
index 370e0111cec4..5eb22f2d086c 100644
--- a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
+++ b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ func newRealPrompt(dir string, buf io.Reader) func(string) (string, error) {
 			}
 
 			buf := bufio.NewReader(buf)
-			pass, err := input.GetPassword("Enter keyring passphrase:", buf)
+			pass, err := input.GetPassword(fmt.Sprintf("Enter keyring passphrase (attempt %d/%d):", failureCounter, maxPassphraseEntryAttempts), buf)
 			if err != nil {
 				// NOTE: LGTM.io reports a false positive alert that states we are printing the password,
 				// but we only log the error.
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 383b8b05b0ae..97292c8f8b16 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
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+github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQcITbvhmL4+C4cKA87NW0tfm3Kl9VXRoPywFg=
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@@ -14,9 +15,14 @@ github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.3/go.mod h1:KPxhHT9ZxKefz+PCeOGsrHpl1qZ7i70d
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+github.com/gtank/merlin v0.1.1 h1:eQ90iG7K9pOhtereWsmyRJ6RAwcP4tHTDBHXNg+u5is=
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