diff --git a/setup/bindir/cloud-setup-databases.in b/setup/bindir/cloud-setup-databases.in
index de33bdf08c9..3c9c03210b5 100755
--- a/setup/bindir/cloud-setup-databases.in
+++ b/setup/bindir/cloud-setup-databases.in
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ for full help
             try:
                 output= runCmd(['hostname', '--fqdn'])
             except Exception, e:
-                err = "The host name of this computer does not resolve to an IP address.\nPlease use your operating system's network setup tools to fix this (%s).\n"%e.__str__()
+                err = "The host name of this computer does not resolve to an IP address.\nPlease use your operating system's network setup tools to fix this ('hostname --fqdn' %s).\n"%e.__str__()
                 self.errorAndExit(err)
             self.info(None, True)