diff --git a/cargo-dist/src/errors.rs b/cargo-dist/src/errors.rs
index e16efa2bb..8dc18af5b 100644
--- a/cargo-dist/src/errors.rs
+++ b/cargo-dist/src/errors.rs
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ pub enum DistError {
 
     /// No dist manifest
     #[error("No configuration file (e.g. dist-workspace.toml) was found")]
+    #[diagnostic(help("Did you run 'dist init'? If you did, this is probably a bug; please file an issue!"))]
     NoConfigFile {},
 }