diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index 58af491b66c7492e71a73a86ff59881fc73eedc6..e7be48e6ec75c3ad6e0ea6d59cfdfc2ac0239268 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ static void feh_load_options_for_theme(char *theme)
 	free(rcpath);
 
 	if (!fp && ((fp = fopen(oldrcpath, "r")) != NULL))
-		weprintf("the config is now read from .config/feh/themes, "
-			"please update your path!");
+		weprintf("The theme config file was moved from ~/.fehrc to "
+			"~/.config/feh/themes. Run\n"
+			"    mkdir -p ~/.config/feh; mv ~/.fehrc ~/.config/feh/themes\n"
+			"to fix this.");
 
 	free(oldrcpath);