diff --git a/tools/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp b/tools/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
index c97e3aeb..9a4c3670 100644
--- a/tools/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/linuxdeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     const char *glcv = gnu_get_libc_version ();
     if (strverscmp (glcv, "2.21") >= 0)
     {
-        qInfo() << "Please run on a system no newer than the oldest still-supported Ubuntu LTS release.";
-        qInfo() << "This is so that the resulting bundle can run on all still-supported releases of Ubuntu.";
+        qInfo() << "ERROR: The host system is too new.";
+        qInfo() << "Please run on a system with a glibc version no newer than what comes with the oldest";
+        qInfo() << "still-supported mainstream distribution, which currently is glibc 2.20.";
+        qInfo() << "This is so that the resulting bundle will work on most still-supported Linux distributions.";
+        qInfo() << "For more information, please see";
+        qInfo() << "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/issues/340";
         return 1;
     }