diff --git a/library/system/service b/library/system/service
index a694d8d92b8..ec622acebcf 100644
--- a/library/system/service
+++ b/library/system/service
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ class LinuxService(Service):
     def service_enable(self):
 
         if self.enable_cmd is None:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg='unknown init system, cannot enable service')
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='cannot detect command to enable service %s, typo or init system potentially unknown' % self.name)
 
         # FIXME: we use chkconfig or systemctl
         # to decide whether to run the command here but need something