diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
index 7e087b6b68a46..85e5336fe78f8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class DefaultErrorMessagesJvm implements DefaultErrorMessages.Extension {
         MAP.put(NO_REFLECTION_IN_CLASS_PATH, "Call uses reflection API which is not found in compilation classpath. " +
                                              "Make sure you have kotlin-reflect.jar in the classpath");
 
-        MAP.put(INTERFACE_CANT_CALL_DEFAULT_METHOD_VIA_SUPER, "Interfaces can call default methods via super only within @JvmDefault members. Please annotate the containing interface member with @JvmDefault");
+        MAP.put(INTERFACE_CANT_CALL_DEFAULT_METHOD_VIA_SUPER, "Interfaces can call JVM-default members via super only within JVM-default members. Please use '-Xjvm-default=all/all-compatibility' modes for such calls");
         MAP.put(SUBCLASS_CANT_CALL_COMPANION_PROTECTED_NON_STATIC, "Using non-JVM static members protected in the superclass companion is unsupported yet");
 
         MAP.put(NULLABILITY_MISMATCH_BASED_ON_JAVA_ANNOTATIONS, "Type mismatch: inferred type is {1} but {0} was expected", RENDER_TYPE, RENDER_TYPE);