diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer.pm b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
index 07cd7fe9..00a12c75 100644
--- a/PVE/QemuServer.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer.pm
@@ -3473,7 +3473,7 @@ sub config_to_command {
     $kvm //= 1 if is_native($arch);
 
     $machine_version =~ m/(\d+)\.(\d+)/;
-    die "QEMU version $kvmver is too old to run machine type $machine_type\n"
+    die "Installed QEMU version '$kvmver' is too old to run machine type '$machine_type', please upgrade node '$nodename'\n"
 	if !PVE::QemuServer::min_version($kvmver, $1, $2);
 
     if ($kvm) {