1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1ec68083a929..c40ba40cef43 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3621,7 +3621,7 @@ sub process {
 # if should not continue a brace
                 if ($line =~ /}\s*if\b/) {
                         ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS",
-                              "trailing statements should be on next line\n" .
+                              "trailing statements should be on next line (or did you mean 'else if'?)\n" .
                                 $herecurr);
                 }
 # case and default should not have general statements after them