diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software-environment.py
index 2764c096775fb75c865d68f59c6811eb4015f7d3..467676e8afce7046bb169affaf0b54caaa0e8631 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software-environment.py
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ def get_release_info(mpsd_release: str, script_dir: Path) -> Tuple[str, str, Lis
     if not os.path.exists(release_base_dir):
         logging.debug(f"get_release_info({mpsd_release=}, {script_dir=}")
         raise FileNotFoundError(
-            f"{release_base_dir} does not exist. Hint: `prepare {mpsd_release}` may fix this."
+            f"{release_base_dir} does not exist.\n"
+            "Hint: `prepare {mpsd_release}` may fix this."
         )
     with os_chdir(release_base_dir):
         with os_chdir("spack-environments"):