diff --git a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
index a71c1278f9bfd..5dd99fee69ebb 100644
--- a/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
+++ b/extensions/quartz/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/quartz/runtime/QuartzScheduler.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public QuartzScheduler(SchedulerContext context, QuartzSupport quartzSupport, Sc
     org.quartz.Scheduler produceQuartzScheduler() {
         if (scheduler == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Quartz scheduler is either explicitly disabled through quarkus.scheduler.enabled=false or no @Scheduled methods were found. If you only need to schedule a job programmatically you can force the start of the scheduler via quarkus.quartz.force-start=true");
+                    "Quartz scheduler is either explicitly disabled through quarkus.scheduler.enabled=false or no @Scheduled methods were found. If you only need to schedule a job programmatically you can force the start of the scheduler by setting 'quarkus.quartz.start-mode=forced'.");
         }
         return scheduler;
     }