diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php b/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php
index f6f591c576..d7fc552dc3 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade-071-to-072.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 $_wp_installing = 1;
-if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php')) die("There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. Double check that you updated wp-config.sample.php and renamed it to wp-config.php.");
+if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php')) die("There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. Double check that you updated wp-config.sample.php with the proper database connection information and renamed it to wp-config.php.");
 require('../wp-config.php');
 require('wp-install-helper.php');