diff --git a/src/fibad/data_sets/hsc_data_set.py b/src/fibad/data_sets/hsc_data_set.py
index 4e33328..1831026 100644
--- a/src/fibad/data_sets/hsc_data_set.py
+++ b/src/fibad/data_sets/hsc_data_set.py
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ def _check_file_dimensions(self) -> tuple[int, int]:
         if min(cutout_height, cutout_width) < 1:
             msg = "Automatic determination found an absurd dimension of "
             msg += f"({cutout_width}px, {cutout_height}px)\n"
-            msg += "Please either correct the data source or set a static cutout side with the \n"
-            msg += "crop_to configuration in the dataset section of the fibad config.\n"
+            msg += "Please either correct the data source or set a static cutout size with the \n"
+            msg += "crop_to configuration in the [data_set] section of your fibad config.\n"
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
         return cutout_width, cutout_height