1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/nar/Linker.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/nar/Linker.java
index d6d8345..ba91ac6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/nar/Linker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/nar/Linker.java
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ public class Linker
         }
         if ( name == null )
         {
-            throw new MojoFailureException( "NAR: Please specify a <Name> as part of <Linker>" );
+            throw new MojoFailureException( "One of two things may be wrong here:\n"+
+                                            "1. <Name> tag is missing inside the <Linker> tag of your NAR configuration\n"+
+                                            "2. no linker is defined in the aol.properties file for '"+prefix+"'");
         }
         return name;
     }