diff --git a/bin/check-docs b/bin/check-docs
index 8c340faf18..edc3ab66df 100755
--- a/bin/check-docs
+++ b/bin/check-docs
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # linter before git check so we can lint docs even if they are 'dirty'
 find docs -name '*.md' -type f -exec markdown-link-check  {} \;
 
-git diff --quiet HEAD -- docs/ || (echo 'generated docs are not up-to-date!' && exit 1)
+git diff --quiet HEAD -- docs/ || (echo 'generated docs are not up-to-date! run \"npm run generate-docs\" and commit the changes\n' && exit 1)