diff --git a/dlt/common/schema/exceptions.py b/dlt/common/schema/exceptions.py
index 7f73bcbf36..96341ab8b4 100644
--- a/dlt/common/schema/exceptions.py
+++ b/dlt/common/schema/exceptions.py
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.to_engine = to_engine
         super().__init__(
             f"No engine upgrade path in schema {schema_name} from {init_engine} to {to_engine},"
-            f" stopped at {from_engine}"
+            f" stopped at {from_engine}. You possibly tried to run an older dlt"
+            " version against a destination you have previously loaded data to with a newer dlt"
+            " version."
         )