diff --git a/makepanda/makepandacore.py b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
index 405ce75fc0..56493f576e 100644
--- a/makepanda/makepandacore.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepandacore.py
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def SetTarget(target, arch=None):
             ANDROID_ABI = 'x86_64'
             ANDROID_TRIPLE = 'x86_64-linux-android'
         else:
-            exit('Android architecture must be arm, armv7a, aarch64, mips, mips64, x86 or x86_64')
+            exit('Android architecture must be arm, armv7a, aarch64, mips, mips64, x86 or x86_64, use --arch to specify')
 
         TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX = ANDROID_TRIPLE + '-'