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-rw-r--r--sbin/bectl/bectl.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/bectl/bectl.c b/sbin/bectl/bectl.c
index 2b7af4e55419..814b98ba8a8a 100644
--- a/sbin/bectl/bectl.c
+++ b/sbin/bectl/bectl.c
@@ -584,9 +584,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
if ((be = libbe_init(root)) == NULL) {
- if (!cmd->silent)
+ if (!cmd->silent) {
fprintf(stderr, "libbe_init(\"%s\") failed.\n",
root != NULL ? root : "");
+ if (root == NULL)
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Try specifying ZFS root using -r.\n");
+ }
return (-1);
}