diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94a6ad10f..acaa3a26e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Prevented in-tree built. Please create a build directory outside of the SDL source code and call cmake from there")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Prevented in-tree built. Please create a build directory outside of the SDL source code and run \"cmake -S ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} -B .\" from there")
 endif()
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0)