diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
index f9c19341d00be..1f47be89c23d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ pnpmConfigHook() {
         echo "2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch"
         echo "3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field"
         echo
+        echo "If you see ERR_PNPM_LOCKFILE_CONFIG_MISMATCH above this, try changing the pnpm version"
+        echo "Found 'pnpm' with version '$pnpmVersion'"
+        echo
 
         exit 1
     fi