diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 946f1ebb..60eb4fb8 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ elif type links >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   links -dump docs/faq.html|perl -pe 's/^ *//; if ($_ eq "\n" && $state eq "Q") { $_ = ""; } elsif (/^([QA]):/) { $state = $1 } elsif ($_ ne "\n") { $_ = "   $_"; };' > docs/faq.txt
 else
   echo "**Error**: No lynx or elinks present"
+  echo "Install lynx or elinks, then run autogen.sh again"
   exit 1
 fi