diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 84bb1af84e9..bdbe13b3ea2 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if ! builtins ? nixVersion || builtins.compareVersions "1.8" builtins.nixVersion == 1 then
 
-  abort "This version of Nixpkgs requires Nix >= 1.8, please upgrade!"
+  abort "This version of Nixpkgs requires Nix >= 1.8, please upgrade! See https://nixos.org/wiki/How_to_update_when_nix_is_too_old_to_evaluate_nixpkgs"
 
 else