diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
index 6b29da8b..4f3db8b1 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-container-runtime-hook/main.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func doPrestart() {
 	cli := hook.NvidiaContainerCLI
 
 	if info.ResolveAutoMode(&logInterceptor{}, hook.NVIDIAContainerRuntime.Mode) != "legacy" {
-		log.Panicln("invoking the NVIDIA Container Runtime Hook directly (e.g. specifying the docker --gpus flag) is not supported. Please use the NVIDIA Container Runtime instead.")
+		log.Panicln("invoking the NVIDIA Container Runtime Hook directly (e.g. specifying the docker --gpus flag) is not supported. Please use the NVIDIA Container Runtime (e.g. specify the --runtime=nvidia flag) instead .")
 	}
 
 	container := getContainerConfig(hook)