diff --git a/src/smolagents/local_python_executor.py b/src/smolagents/local_python_executor.py
index 9477be9..e46d87a 100644
--- a/src/smolagents/local_python_executor.py
+++ b/src/smolagents/local_python_executor.py
@@ -641,11 +641,13 @@ def evaluate_subscript(
         return value[index]
     elif index in value:
         return value[index]
-    elif isinstance(index, str) and isinstance(value, Mapping):
-        close_matches = difflib.get_close_matches(index, list(value.keys()))
-        if len(close_matches) > 0:
-            return value[close_matches[0]]
-    raise InterpreterError(f"Could not index {value} with '{index}'.")
+    else:
+        error_message = f"Could not index {value} with '{index}'."
+        if isinstance(index, str) and isinstance(value, Mapping):
+            close_matches = difflib.get_close_matches(index, list(value.keys()))
+            if len(close_matches) > 0:
+                error_message += f" Maybe you meant one of these indexes instead: {str(close_matches)}"
+        raise InterpreterError(error_message)
 
 
 def evaluate_name(
diff --git a/tests/test_python_interpreter.py b/tests/test_python_interpreter.py
index 0e83177..540720f 100644
--- a/tests/test_python_interpreter.py
+++ b/tests/test_python_interpreter.py
@@ -897,3 +897,11 @@ shift_intervals
         code = "import doctest;doctest.inspect.os.system('echo bad command passed')"
         with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
             evaluate_python_code(code, authorized_imports=["doctest"])
+
+    def test_close_matches_subscript(self):
+        code = 'capitals = {"Czech Republic": "Prague", "Monaco": "Monaco", "Bhutan": "Thimphu"};capitals["Butan"]'
+        with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
+            evaluate_python_code(code)
+        assert "Maybe you meant one of these indexes instead" in str(
+            e
+        ) and "['Bhutan']" in str(e).replace("\\", "")