diff --git a/salt/utils/gitfs.py b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
index 10c656230662..fa1f5a7f8f4b 100644
--- a/salt/utils/gitfs.py
+++ b/salt/utils/gitfs.py
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ def fetch(self):
                     and isinstance(self.credentials, pygit2.Keypair):
                 log.error(
                     'Unable to fetch SSH-based {0} remote \'{1}\'. '
+                    'You may need to add ssh:// to the repo string or '
                     'libgit2 must be compiled with libssh2 to support '
                     'SSH authentication.'.format(self.role, self.id)
                 )