diff --git a/dvc/main.py b/dvc/main.py
index 1a29f5874e..829908af6b 100644
--- a/dvc/main.py
+++ b/dvc/main.py
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 from dvc.exceptions import NotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.external_repo import clean_repos
 from dvc.logger import FOOTER
-
+from dvc.utils import format_link
 
 # Workaround for CPython bug. See [1] and [2] for more info.
 # [1] https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/1.16.277/awscli/clidriver.py#L55
 # [2] https://bugs.python.org/issue29288
+
 "".encode("idna")
 
 
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ def main(argv=None):
     except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
         if isinstance(exc, OSError) and exc.errno == errno.EMFILE:
             logger.exception(
-                "too many open files, please increase your `ulimit`",
+                "too many open files, please visit "
+                "{} to see how to handle this "
+                "problem".format(
+                    format_link("https://error.dvc.org/many-files")
+                ),
                 extra={"tb_only": True},
             )
         else: