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diff --git a/lisp/vc-dir.el b/lisp/vc-dir.el
index d2414f9172f..4ac5ed6852a 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-dir.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-dir.el
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ outside of VC) and one wants to do some operation on it."
;; state to decide which operation to perform.
(dolist (crt (cdr only-files-list))
(unless (vc-compatible-state (cdr crt) state)
- (error "%s:%s clashes with %s:%s"
+ (error "When applying VC operations to multiple files, the files are required\nto be in similar VC states.\n%s in state %s clashes with %s in state %s"
(car crt) (cdr crt) (caar only-files-list) state)))
(setq only-files-list (mapcar 'car only-files-list))
(when (and state (not (eq state 'unregistered)))