From 7d728e509fddaa57ce5adbbdb0a45ea049ed93e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Muens <raute1337@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:03:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update error message

---
 lib/classes/PluginManager.js | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/classes/PluginManager.js b/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
index 36ea54b4c..b4a58e907 100644
--- a/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
+++ b/lib/classes/PluginManager.js
@@ -555,9 +555,11 @@ class PluginManager {
   validateServerlessConfigDependency(command) {
     if ('configDependent' in command && command.configDependent) {
       if (!this.serverlessConfigFile) {
-        throw new this.serverless.classes.Error(
-          'This command can only be run in a Serverless service directory'
-        );
+        const msg = [
+          'This command can only be run in a Serverless service directory. ',
+          "Make sure to reference a valid config file in the current working directory if you're using a custom config file",
+        ].join('');
+        throw new this.serverless.classes.Error(msg);
       }
     }
   }