diff --git a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
index ca1dbc2173..3191b13750 100644
--- a/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
+++ b/kedro/config/omegaconf_config.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, key) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if not config:
             raise MissingConfigException(
                 f"No files of YAML or JSON format found in {base_path} or {env_path} matching"
-                f" the glob pattern(s): {[*self.config_patterns[key]]}"
+                f" the glob pattern(s): {[*self.config_patterns[key]]}, or the files are empty."
             )
         return config