diff --git a/packages/cli-module-build/src/lib/runner/startEmbeddedDb.ts b/packages/cli-module-build/src/lib/runner/startEmbeddedDb.ts
index 607a371003..09ff206011 100644
--- a/packages/cli-module-build/src/lib/runner/startEmbeddedDb.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-module-build/src/lib/runner/startEmbeddedDb.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ export async function startEmbeddedDb() {
   const { default: EmbeddedPostgres } = await import('embedded-postgres').catch(
     error => {
       throw new Error(
-        `Failed to load peer dependency 'embedded-postgres' for generating SQL reports. ` +
-          `It must be installed as an explicit dependency in your project. Caused by; ${error}`,
+        `Failed to load 'embedded-postgres' which is required when using ` +
+          `'embedded-postgres' as the database client. It must be installed as ` +
+          `an explicit dependency in your project. Caused by: ${error}`,
       );
     },
   );