diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurer.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurer.java
index 116373a38f..9c51fbe1d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurer.java
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ void updateAdminPassword() {
 
             // if ADMIN_PASSWORD is still an empty string, it implies no custom password was provided. We exit the setup.
             if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(ADMIN_PASSWORD)) {
-                System.out.println("No custom admin password found. Please provide a password.");
+                System.out.println(
+                    String.format(
+                        "No custom admin password found. Please provide a password via the environment variable %s.",
+                        ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+                    )
+                );
                 System.exit(-1);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
index 948a66996c..27ba150a78 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/democonfig/SecuritySettingsConfigurerTests.java
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ public void testUpdateAdminPassword_noPasswordSupplied() {
             System.setSecurityManager(null);
         }
 
-        verifyStdOutContainsString("No custom admin password found. Please provide a password.");
+        verifyStdOutContainsString(
+            String.format(
+                "No custom admin password found. Please provide a password via the environment variable %s.",
+                ConfigConstants.OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+            )
+        );
     }
 
     @Test