diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 94c78b573f..e8064ac483 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def sanity_handle_abichanges(status, d):
             with open(abifile, "w") as f:
                 f.write(current_abi)
         elif int(abi) <= 11 and current_abi == "12":
-            status.addresult("The layout of TMPDIR changed for Recipe Specific Sysroots.\nConversion doesn't make sense and this change will rebuild everything so please start with a clean TMPDIR.\n")
+            status.addresult("The layout of TMPDIR changed for Recipe Specific Sysroots.\nConversion doesn't make sense and this change will rebuild everything so please delete TMPDIR (%s).\n" % d.getVar("TMPDIR"))
         elif (abi != current_abi):
             # Code to convert from one ABI to another could go here if possible.
             status.addresult("Error, TMPDIR has changed its layout version number (%s to %s) and you need to either rebuild, revert or adjust it at your own risk.\n" % (abi, current_abi))