diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregation.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregation.java
index 9709874fe..912f0e3c9 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregation.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.bson.Document;
 
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Aggregation;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation;
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ public class StringBasedAggregation extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 	protected Object doExecute(MongoQueryMethod method, ResultProcessor resultProcessor,
 			ConvertingParameterAccessor accessor, Class<?> typeToRead) {
 
+		if (method.isPageQuery() || method.isSliceQuery()) {
+			throw new InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException(String.format("Repository aggregation method '%s' does not support '%s' return type. Please use eg. 'List' instead.", method.getName(), method.getReturnType().getType().getSimpleName()));
+		}
+
 		Class<?> sourceType = method.getDomainClass();
 		Class<?> targetType = typeToRead;
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregationUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregationUnitTests.java
index 568e455c7..c24701dea 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregationUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedAggregationUnitTests.java
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
-
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOptions;
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
 public class StringBasedAggregationUnitTests {
 
 	SpelExpressionParser PARSER = new SpelExpressionParser();
@@ -202,6 +208,16 @@ public class StringBasedAggregationUnitTests {
 		assertThat(collationOf(invocation)).isEqualTo(Collation.of("en_US"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2506
+	public void aggregateRaisesErrorOnInvalidReturnType() {
+
+		StringBasedAggregation sba = createAggregationForMethod("invalidPageReturnType", Pageable.class);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException.class) //
+				.isThrownBy(() -> sba.execute(new Object[] { PageRequest.of(0, 1) })) //
+				.withMessageContaining("invalidPageReturnType") //
+				.withMessageContaining("Page");
+	}
+
 	private AggregationInvocation executeAggregation(String name, Object... args) {
 
 		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
@@ -280,6 +296,9 @@ public class StringBasedAggregationUnitTests {
 
 		@Aggregation(pipeline = RAW_GROUP_BY_LASTNAME_STRING, collation = "de_AT")
 		PersonAggregate aggregateWithCollation(Collation collation);
+
+		@Aggregation(RAW_GROUP_BY_LASTNAME_STRING)
+		Page<Person> invalidPageReturnType(Pageable page);
 	}
 
 	static class PersonAggregate {