diff --git a/src/textual/css/_help_text.py b/src/textual/css/_help_text.py
index 6dac2bee2..561f3e026 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/_help_text.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/_help_text.py
@@ -128,7 +128,32 @@ def _spacing_examples(property_name: str) -> ContextSpecificBullets:
     )
 
 
-def spacing_wrong_number_of_values(
+def property_invalid_value_help_text(
+    property_name: str, context: StylingContext, *, suggested_property_name: str = None
+) -> HelpText:
+    """Help text to show when the user supplies an invalid value for CSS property
+    property.
+
+    Args:
+        property_name (str): The name of the property
+        context (StylingContext | None): The context the spacing property is being used in.
+    Keyword Args:
+        suggested_property_name (str | None): A suggested name for the property (e.g. "width" for "wdth"). Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        HelpText: Renderable for displaying the help text for this property
+    """
+    property_name = _contextualize_property_name(property_name, context)
+    bullets = []
+    if suggested_property_name:
+        suggested_property_name = _contextualize_property_name(
+            suggested_property_name, context
+        )
+        bullets.append(Bullet(f"Did you mean [i]{suggested_property_name}[/]?"))
+    return HelpText(f"Invalid CSS property [i]{property_name}[/]", bullets=bullets)
+
+
+def spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text(
     property_name: str,
     num_values_supplied: int,
     context: StylingContext,
@@ -159,7 +184,7 @@ def spacing_wrong_number_of_values(
     )
 
 
-def spacing_invalid_value(
+def spacing_invalid_value_help_text(
     property_name: str,
     context: StylingContext,
 ) -> HelpText:
diff --git a/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py b/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
index 01b64b001..ecafefa86 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/_style_properties.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ._help_text import (
     style_flags_property_help_text,
 )
 from ._help_text import (
-    spacing_wrong_number_of_values,
+    spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text,
     scalar_help_text,
     string_enum_help_text,
     color_property_help_text,
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class SpacingProperty:
             except ValueError as error:
                 raise StyleValueError(
                     str(error),
-                    help_text=spacing_wrong_number_of_values(
+                    help_text=spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text(
                         property_name=self.name,
                         num_values_supplied=len(spacing),
                         context="inline",
diff --git a/src/textual/css/_styles_builder.py b/src/textual/css/_styles_builder.py
index 9d764a4d3..e981edd4b 100644
--- a/src/textual/css/_styles_builder.py
+++ b/src/textual/css/_styles_builder.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import rich.repr
 from ._error_tools import friendly_list
 from ._help_renderables import HelpText
 from ._help_text import (
-    spacing_invalid_value,
-    spacing_wrong_number_of_values,
+    spacing_invalid_value_help_text,
+    spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text,
     scalar_help_text,
     color_property_help_text,
     string_enum_help_text,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from ._help_text import (
     offset_property_help_text,
     offset_single_axis_help_text,
     style_flags_property_help_text,
+    property_invalid_value_help_text,
 )
 from .constants import (
     VALID_ALIGN_HORIZONTAL,
@@ -86,14 +87,17 @@ class StylesBuilder:
         process_method = getattr(self, f"process_{rule_name}", None)
 
         if process_method is None:
-            error_message = f"unknown declaration {declaration.name!r}"
-            did_you_mean_rule_name = self._did_you_mean_for_rule_name(declaration.name)
-            if did_you_mean_rule_name:
-                error_message += f"; did you mean {did_you_mean_rule_name!r}?"
+            suggested_property_name = self._suggested_property_name_for_rule(
+                declaration.name
+            )
             self.error(
                 declaration.name,
                 declaration.token,
-                error_message,
+                property_invalid_value_help_text(
+                    declaration.name,
+                    "css",
+                    suggested_property_name=suggested_property_name,
+                ),
             )
             return
 
@@ -345,14 +349,20 @@ class StylesBuilder:
                 try:
                     append(int(value))
                 except ValueError:
-                    self.error(name, token, spacing_invalid_value(name, context="css"))
+                    self.error(
+                        name,
+                        token,
+                        spacing_invalid_value_help_text(name, context="css"),
+                    )
             else:
-                self.error(name, token, spacing_invalid_value(name, context="css"))
+                self.error(
+                    name, token, spacing_invalid_value_help_text(name, context="css")
+                )
         if len(space) not in (1, 2, 4):
             self.error(
                 name,
                 tokens[0],
-                spacing_wrong_number_of_values(
+                spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text(
                     name, num_values_supplied=len(space), context="css"
                 ),
             )
@@ -361,7 +371,9 @@ class StylesBuilder:
     def _process_space_partial(self, name: str, tokens: list[Token]) -> None:
         """Process granular margin / padding declarations."""
         if len(tokens) != 1:
-            self.error(name, tokens[0], spacing_invalid_value(name, context="css"))
+            self.error(
+                name, tokens[0], spacing_invalid_value_help_text(name, context="css")
+            )
 
         _EDGE_SPACING_MAP = {"top": 0, "right": 1, "bottom": 2, "left": 3}
         token = tokens[0]
@@ -369,7 +381,9 @@ class StylesBuilder:
         if token_name == "number":
             space = int(value)
         else:
-            self.error(name, token, spacing_invalid_value(name, context="css"))
+            self.error(
+                name, token, spacing_invalid_value_help_text(name, context="css")
+            )
         style_name, _, edge = name.replace("-", "_").partition("_")
 
         current_spacing = cast(
@@ -731,7 +745,7 @@ class StylesBuilder:
     process_content_align_horizontal = process_align_horizontal
     process_content_align_vertical = process_align_vertical
 
-    def _did_you_mean_for_rule_name(self, rule_name: str) -> str | None:
+    def _suggested_property_name_for_rule(self, rule_name: str) -> str | None:
         possible_matches = get_close_matches(
             rule_name, self._processable_rule_names(), n=1
         )
diff --git a/tests/css/test_help_text.py b/tests/css/test_help_text.py
index 5c34c3974..f5818a11d 100644
--- a/tests/css/test_help_text.py
+++ b/tests/css/test_help_text.py
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 import pytest
 
 from tests.utilities.render import render
-from textual.css._help_text import spacing_wrong_number_of_values, spacing_invalid_value, scalar_help_text, \
-    string_enum_help_text, color_property_help_text, border_property_help_text, layout_property_help_text, \
-    docks_property_help_text, dock_property_help_text, fractional_property_help_text, offset_property_help_text, \
-    align_help_text, offset_single_axis_help_text, style_flags_property_help_text
+from textual.css._help_text import (
+    spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text,
+    spacing_invalid_value_help_text,
+    scalar_help_text,
+    string_enum_help_text,
+    color_property_help_text,
+    border_property_help_text,
+    layout_property_help_text,
+    docks_property_help_text,
+    dock_property_help_text,
+    fractional_property_help_text,
+    offset_property_help_text,
+    align_help_text,
+    offset_single_axis_help_text,
+    style_flags_property_help_text,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=["css", "inline"])
@@ -15,22 +27,24 @@ def styling_context(request):
 def test_help_text_examples_are_contextualized():
     """Ensure that if the user is using CSS, they see CSS-specific examples
     and if they're using inline styles they see inline-specific examples."""
-    rendered_inline = render(spacing_invalid_value("padding", "inline"))
+    rendered_inline = render(spacing_invalid_value_help_text("padding", "inline"))
     assert "widget.styles.padding" in rendered_inline
 
-    rendered_css = render(spacing_invalid_value("padding", "css"))
+    rendered_css = render(spacing_invalid_value_help_text("padding", "css"))
     assert "padding:" in rendered_css
 
 
 def test_spacing_wrong_number_of_values(styling_context):
-    rendered = render(spacing_wrong_number_of_values("margin", 3, styling_context))
+    rendered = render(
+        spacing_wrong_number_of_values_help_text("margin", 3, styling_context)
+    )
     assert "Invalid number of values" in rendered
     assert "margin" in rendered
     assert "3" in rendered
 
 
 def test_spacing_invalid_value(styling_context):
-    rendered = render(spacing_invalid_value("padding", styling_context))
+    rendered = render(spacing_invalid_value_help_text("padding", styling_context))
     assert "Invalid value for" in rendered
     assert "padding" in rendered
 
@@ -47,7 +61,9 @@ def test_scalar_help_text(styling_context):
 
 
 def test_string_enum_help_text(styling_context):
-    rendered = render(string_enum_help_text("display", ["none", "hidden"], styling_context))
+    rendered = render(
+        string_enum_help_text("display", ["none", "hidden"], styling_context)
+    )
     assert "Invalid value for" in rendered
 
     # Ensure property name is mentioned
@@ -113,7 +129,9 @@ def test_offset_single_axis_help_text():
 
 
 def test_style_flags_property_help_text(styling_context):
-    rendered = render(style_flags_property_help_text("text-style", "notavalue b", styling_context))
+    rendered = render(
+        style_flags_property_help_text("text-style", "notavalue b", styling_context)
+    )
     assert "Invalid value" in rendered
     assert "notavalue" in rendered
 
diff --git a/tests/css/test_stylesheet.py b/tests/css/test_stylesheet.py
index 5d4978405..fe9e36456 100644
--- a/tests/css/test_stylesheet.py
+++ b/tests/css/test_stylesheet.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from contextlib import nullcontext as does_not_raise
+from typing import Any
+
 import pytest
 
 from textual.color import Color
+from textual.css._help_renderables import HelpText
 from textual.css.stylesheet import Stylesheet, StylesheetParseError
 from textual.css.tokenizer import TokenizeError
 
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ def test_color_property_parsing(css_value, expectation, expected_color):
     [
         ["backgroundu", "background"],
         ["bckgroundu", "background"],
+        ["ofset-x", "offset-x"],
         ["colr", "color"],
         ["colour", "color"],
         ["wdth", "width"],
@@ -81,12 +85,17 @@ def test_did_you_mean_for_css_property_names(
         "${PROPERTY}", css_property_name
     )
 
+    stylesheet.add_source(css)
     with pytest.raises(StylesheetParseError) as err:
-        stylesheet.parse(css)
+        stylesheet.parse()
 
-    error_token, error_message = err.value.errors.stylesheet.rules[0].errors[0]
-    if expected_property_name_suggestion is None:
-        assert "did you mean" not in error_message
-    else:
-        expected_did_you_mean_error_message = f"unknown declaration '{css_property_name}'; did you mean '{expected_property_name_suggestion}'?"
-        assert expected_did_you_mean_error_message == error_message
+    _, help_text = err.value.errors.rules[0].errors[0]  # type: Any, HelpText
+    assert help_text.summary == f"Invalid CSS property [i]{css_property_name}[/]"
+
+    expected_bullets_length = 1 if expected_property_name_suggestion else 0
+    assert len(help_text.bullets) == expected_bullets_length
+    if expected_property_name_suggestion is not None:
+        expected_suggestion_message = (
+            f"Did you mean [i]{expected_property_name_suggestion}[/]?"
+        )
+        assert help_text.bullets[0].markup == expected_suggestion_message