diff --git a/internal/cmd/args.go b/internal/cmd/args.go
index a0d5a68e9..e8a05d4b5 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/args.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/args.go
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ func parseCmdLineOptions(conf *configuration) (err error) {
 
 	nonFlags := flags.Args()
 	if len(nonFlags) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("non-flag arguments: %s", nonFlags)
+		return fmt.Errorf("positional arguments are not allowed, please check your command line "+
+			"arguments; detected positional arguments: %s", nonFlags)
 	}
 
 	return nil