1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
index ca858daee9..7125f66f01 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class PostgresEngine(object):
         rows = txn.fetchall()
         if rows and rows[0][0] != "UTF8":
             raise IncorrectDatabaseSetup(
-                "Database has incorrect encoding: '%s' instead of 'UTF8'"
+                "Database has incorrect encoding: '%s' instead of 'UTF8'\n"
+                "See docs/postgres.rst for more information."
                 % (rows[0][0],)
             )