diff --git a/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py b/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
index add15d6..3bac4c0 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/provider/tinydb_.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ class TinyDBCatalogueProvider(BaseProvider):
         LOGGER.debug(f'Connecting to TinyDB db at {self.data}')
 
         if not os.path.exists(self.data):
-            msg = 'TinyDB does not exist'
+            msg = ('TinyDB file does not exist, please check '
+                   'the path specified, or include the full '
+                   'path to the file')
             LOGGER.error(msg)
             raise ProviderConnectionError(msg)