1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 3dcc8b52dd..45918d65aa 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ do_patch() {
         # executes and modifies the source tree as required
         patchme ${KMACHINE}
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-                echo "ERROR. Could not apply updates for ${KMACHINE}"
+                echo "ERROR. Could not apply patches for ${KMACHINE}."
+                echo "       Patch failures can be resolved in the devshell (bitbake -c devshell ${PN})"
                 exit 1
         fi