diff --git a/common/flatpak-run.c b/common/flatpak-run.c
index dea91d7a..7ff821bf 100644
--- a/common/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/common/flatpak-run.c
@@ -3772,7 +3772,7 @@ check_sudo (GError **error)
   /* SUDO_COMMAND could be a value like `/usr/bin/flatpak run foo` */
   split_command = g_strsplit (sudo_command_env, " ", 2);
   if (g_str_has_suffix (split_command[0], "flatpak"))
-    return flatpak_fail_error (error, FLATPAK_ERROR, _("\"flatpak run\" is not intended to be run with `sudo`, use `sudo -i` or `su -l` instead"));
+    return flatpak_fail_error (error, FLATPAK_ERROR, _("\"flatpak run\" is not intended to be run as `sudo flatpak run`, use `sudo -i` or `su -l` instead and invoke \"flatpak run\" from inside the new shell"));
 
   return TRUE;
 }