diff --git a/synctl b/synctl
index ff9f6893e..0f83e9cb1 100755
--- a/synctl
+++ b/synctl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ case "$1" in
   start)
     if [ ! -f "$CONFIGFILE" ]; then
       echo "No config file found"
+      echo "To generate a config file, run 'python --generate-config'"
       exit 1
     fi