diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5606b11578..5ec6cf6fc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - [Netkan] Don't double encode GitHub download URLs (#2402 by: HebaruSan; reviewed: politas)
 - [Netkan] Option to override SpaceDock version with AVC version (#2406 by: HebaruSan; reviewed: politas)
 - [GUI] Move AutoUpdate.CanUpdate check to resolve VisualStudio Designer Error (#2407 by: DasSkellet; reviewed: Olympic1, politas)
+- [GUI] Better AutoUpdate.CanUpdate Error Message (#2408 by: DasSkellet; reviewed: politas)
 
 ### Internal
 
diff --git a/GUI/SettingsDialog.cs b/GUI/SettingsDialog.cs
index 248e518941..07040307e0 100644
--- a/GUI/SettingsDialog.cs
+++ b/GUI/SettingsDialog.cs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ private void InstallUpdateButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
             }
             else
             {
-                GUI.user.RaiseError("Can't autoupdate. Please check https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/ for help!");
+                GUI.user.RaiseError("Error during update.\r\nCan't update automatically, because ckan.exe is read-only or we are not allowed to overwrite it. Please update manually via https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/releases/latest.");
             }
             
         }