diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
index 9b43ca7751..acee18244b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ run them via `v file.v` instead',
 				&& elem_type_sym.language == .v
 		}
 		if is_non_local {
-			p.error_with_pos('cannot define new methods on non-local type ${type_sym.name}',
+			p.error_with_pos('cannot define new methods on non-local type ${type_sym.name}. Define an alias and use that instead like `type AliasName = ${type_sym.name}` ',
 				rec.type_pos)
 			return ast.FnDecl{
 				scope: unsafe { nil }
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.out
index f01fc00045..4d82b0f325 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.out
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type []int
+vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_array.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type []int. Define an alias and use that instead like `type AliasName = []int` 
     1 | fn (a []int) get_number() int { 
       |       ~~~~~
     2 |     return 1
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.out
index d8459da3a3..015d530977 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.out
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type map[string]string
+vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_map.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type map[string]string. Define an alias and use that instead like `type AliasName = map[string]string` 
     1 | fn (a map[string]string) get_number() int { 
       |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     2 |     return 1
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.out
index 1b57bbd2b0..90dc2b7dd9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.out
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type int
+vlib/v/parser/tests/method_decl_on_non_local_type.vv:1:7: error: cannot define new methods on non-local type int. Define an alias and use that instead like `type AliasName = int` 
     1 | fn (a int) get_number() int { 
       |       ~~~
     2 |     return 1