diff --git a/lib/tasks/webpacker/verify_install.rake b/lib/tasks/webpacker/verify_install.rake
index d81090c25..4f4ca6189 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/webpacker/verify_install.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/webpacker/verify_install.rake
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ namespace :webpacker do
   desc "Verifies if Webpacker is installed"
   task verify_install: [:check_node, :check_yarn, :check_binstubs] do
     unless Webpacker.config.config_path.exist?
-      $stderr.puts "Configuration config/webpacker.yml file not found. \n"\
+      path = Webpacker.config.config_path.relative_path_from(Pathname.new(pwd)).to_s
+      $stderr.puts "Configuration #{path} file not found. \n"\
            "Make sure webpacker:install is run successfully before " \
            "running dependent tasks"
       exit!