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-rw-r--r--synapse/config/_base.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.py b/synapse/config/_base.py
index 8ebd2eba4a..322a18fbdd 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Config(object):
         if file_path is None:
             raise ConfigError(
                 "Missing config for %s."
-                " Try running again with --generate-config"
+                " You must specify a config file. You can do this with the -c or --config-path option."
                 % (config_name,)
             )
         if not os.path.exists(file_path):