diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/SimplePluginManager.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/SimplePluginManager.java
index d92a24acff..7f606a2f3b 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/SimplePluginManager.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/SimplePluginManager.java
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public final class SimplePluginManager implements PluginManager {
                             server.getLogger().log(
                                 Level.SEVERE,
                                 "Could not load '" + entry.getValue().getPath() + "' in folder '" + directory.getPath() + "'",
-                                new UnknownDependencyException(dependency));
+                                new UnknownDependencyException("Unknown dependency " + dependency + ". Please download and install " + dependency + " to run this plugin."));
                             break;
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
index cc538f708b..765e880596 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public final class JavaPluginLoader implements PluginLoader {
             Plugin current = server.getPluginManager().getPlugin(pluginName);
 
             if (current == null) {
-                throw new UnknownDependencyException(pluginName);
+                throw new UnknownDependencyException("Unknown dependency " + pluginName + ". Please download and install " + pluginName + " to run this plugin.");
             }
         }