diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
index 6fa6a0f940b1..a31118626877 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ npmConfigHook() {
       if ! [ -e "$srcLockfile" ]; then
         echo
         echo "ERROR: Missing package-lock.json from src. Expected to find it at: $srcLockfile"
-        echo "Hint: You can use the patches attribute to add a package-lock.json manually to the build."
+        echo "Hint: You can copy a vendored package-lock.json file via postPatch."
         echo
 
         exit 1