diff --git a/hack/verify-toc.sh b/hack/verify-toc.sh
index e4f84abc54f..0d06e18690d 100755
--- a/hack/verify-toc.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-toc.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ echo "Checking table of contents are up to date..."
 find keps -name '*.md' \
     | grep -Fxvf hack/.notableofcontents \
     | xargs mdtoc --inplace --max-depth=5 --dryrun || (
-      echo "Table of content not up to date. If this failed silently and you are on mac, try 'brew install grep'"
+      echo "Table of content not up to date. Did you run 'make update-toc' ?"
+      echo "If this failed silently and you are on mac, try 'brew install grep'"
       exit 1
     )